Comments on Never Too Much Baseball: The Most Bizarre Baseball Match-up Ever

The best reliever has got to be Billy Wagner.

2009-11-11T06:53:22.208-08:00

The best reliever has got to be Billy Wagner.

The KKK was in fact not a secret society in the 19...

2009-07-02T05:29:01.955-07:00

The KKK was in fact not a secret society in the 1920's, but was very different from today. Millions held membership, including senators, congressmen, and local officials, and membership was often public, as were their demonstrations and activities.

What an odd matchup though...

Responses to several comments: 1) I love the idea...

2009-05-16T09:08:00.000-07:00

Responses to several comments:

1) I love the idea of a movie based on this game. Great plot line! As soon as I hit the MegaMillions, I'll finance it!

2) I stand corrected on the Klan being a "secret" society in the 1920s. In fact, further research revealed a game at Griffith Stadium in which the Klan (including female members) marched in a pre-game civic parade on the field.

3) Great suggestion about John Rocker. Should've thought of him.

4) About Rod Carew: although he married a Jewish woman and their children are raised as Jewish, there is no evidence that Carew himself converted. He does not claim to have converted, and he is not included in the sets of baseball cards honoring Jewish players that have been produced by the American Jewish Historical Society.

I'd like to add John Rocker to the Klan team.

2009-05-13T15:42:00.000-07:00

I'd like to add John Rocker to the Klan team.

during the 2nd - and most popular - incarnation of...

2009-05-13T11:26:00.000-07:00

during the 2nd - and most popular - incarnation of the Klan from the early to late 1920's, it was far from a "secret" society. Membership was in the millions (as opposed to today's version which is in the thousands), and many prominent politicians and businessmen were members. Though never proven, Pres. Harding was thought to have been initiated during a ceremony at the White House. So, a baseball game reported in a blurb in the newspaper wouldn't be far-fetched; playing against the Hebrew All-Stars is a whole different level of weird.

How does Rod Carew not make this all-Semite team?

2009-05-13T10:55:00.000-07:00

How does Rod Carew not make this all-Semite team?

I can see it all now: a new movie in which a team ...

2009-05-12T06:25:00.000-07:00

I can see it all now: a new movie in which a team of Negro League all-stars wants to play in a southern town, comprised almost entirely of members of the KKK. One white man, who loves baseball more than anything, sees the errors of his ways and, with courage and conviction, stands up to his bigoted townsfolk to break the cycle of hatred and convinces them that "this great game of ours" can overcome anything. The game is played and in the stands: Branch Rickey, who watches a phenom by the name of Jackie Robinson.

It' a blockbuster, I tell ya, a blockbuster.

Regarding the KKK pitcher's "K" total: what is it ...

2009-05-10T18:19:00.000-07:00

Regarding the KKK pitcher's "K" total: what is it that Crash Davis said? "Strikeouts are fascist." ;-)

could the "Povich" listed in the KKK/Hebrew All-st...

2009-05-10T09:57:00.000-07:00

could the "Povich" listed in the KKK/Hebrew All-star story be Shirley Povich? He would be about the right age, and he was in DC at the time

To Freddy: yeah, I knew you'd go nuts about Schoen...

2009-04-18T06:26:00.000-07:00

To Freddy: yeah, I knew you'd go nuts about Schoeneweis being on the team. He's there because I knew he'd be the first pitcher the KKK team would torch.

To Cheeseblab: "The Wizard" did sound like a logical choice for that team, but I didn't want to endanger Ozzie by making him go in their clubhouse.

As you say, "incredible on so many levels," most o...

2009-04-15T08:16:00.000-07:00

As you say, "incredible on so many levels," most of which you've covered, but I'm surprised that you didn't point out that the KKK pitcher seems to have been a K specialist: 7 of them!

Don'tcha wish Roth had come across this while doing research for The Great American Novel?

Re the All-Semites: what, you prejudiced against converts, or just against Panamanians?

Re the All-Ks: what about Ozzie "the Wizard" Smith?

Hello Mr. Schechter I saw you in a report on WWOR...

2009-04-14T20:19:00.000-07:00

Hello Mr. Schechter

I saw you in a report on WWOR 9 TV tonight.

I have a bit of trivia for you.

The New York Yankees have not won a world series with a President who belonged to the Republiklan party since 1958 when the Yanks won their last world series under Eisenhower.

The Yankees did not win any world series under Nixon, Ford, Raygun, George Herbert Hoover Bush, and SloboGeorge MiloseBush.

You can reply to info@democratz.org

Schoenweiss? Schoenweiss? come on... you've got ...

2009-04-14T11:15:00.000-07:00

Schoenweiss? Schoenweiss? come on... you've got to be kidding me.... Shoenweiss? Really? I'd rather have a Bucky LaGrange than shoenweiss (if you don't get the reference, you could look it up)!