One thing about baseball today, where players seem to change teams every few years (and of course with all the many teams we now have) I really don't know the names of many of today's stars. But not so in the past.
Everyone of the names, except Whitey Ford, were players I really knew from the 1960s. I became interested in baseball about 1963 and Ford was just about done by then.
But, Tom Seaver, Bob Gibson, Lou Brock (so sad that the Cubs traded him) and Joe Morgan were features in my love of baseball back then. Man, were they good, but they have all died within the past couple months.
Earlier this year, another big-time player from back then died and that was Al Kaline of the Tigers. Of interest, I found out his salary in 1959 when he hit .327 and that was $31,000.
Also, one player for the 1960s Cubs that I really liked, Glenn Beckert (1965-1973) died.
These three White Sox players have also died this year:
Ed Farmer (1979-1981)
Jay Johnstone ((9171-1972)
Claudell Washington (1978-1980)
Childhood Memories. --RoadDog
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