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| Honus Wagner |
Week 23 is in the
books and after several very busy weeks, this one was relatively slow with less
than 40 games played. The action will pick back up in Week 24 as the AL
finishes its season and the NL dwindles down to its final remaining games in
Week 25. The White Stockings have a magic number of one, so their clinching of
the AL pennant is pretty much inevitable, but Pittsburgh's magic number is
still at ten as they just can't pull away from Brooklyn. Those two teams played
two games this upcoming week, so if Brooklyn does want to make a move it will
have its opportunity.
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| Christy Mathewson |
There were 31
players and managers from the 1901 season that made the Hall-of-Fame (I
apologize if I missed anyone) including two, Christy
Mathewson and Honus
Wagner, that went in as part of the inaugural class of 1936. Obviously, most
of these selected were selected by "Old Timers Committee's", but that
makes no difference to me - they're in. I do read articles from time to time
about players that don’t deserve to in the Hall of Fame. Fine. Whatever. I just
think it is kind of demeaning to all involved. These players put in their time
and effort, devoted their youth to the game we love, were at least pretty good
players anyway, so let's let them have their moment. I don’t think that is too
much to ask.
No long write-up
this week. It's pretty much all over but the shouting as it is and my thoughts
have been around what to include on a final end-of-season note. More to come -
we're almost there.
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| Frank Selee |
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