I had to shut the press conference off.  One of Joe
Gordon's "credentials" is playing catch with Larry Doby, according to
an "esteemed" black female baseball historian!?!?  That makes him
a "Hall of Fame person" according to this idiot who never played?
What is the opposite of that?  Walking out into left field and taking
Cleon Jones out of a game.  I am a firm believer that this is being
held against old Gil, and he will never be allowed into the HoF. This
country is a PC Marxist insane asylum, and I pity everyone who ever
fought or died in wars only to see the kind of country we've turned
into.  It's 2008 and we have a black president-elect.  When
will "enough be enough", and race baiting in a press conference like
this cease?  The answer is "never" - just ask any communist.   The HoF
can rot in hell.  If this offends anyone - I DON"T CARE.  The truth is
the truth.

--- In gilhodgeshalloffamesupport@yahoogroups.com, bklynbum14
<no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> REMEMBER BALLOTS ARE OUT AND FINAL RESULTS ANNOUNCED ON DECEMBER 8th--
> so
> PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR GIL HODGES
>
> HE DESERVES IT
>
> COOPERSTOWN NEEDS GIL HODGES
>
Got my fingers crossed for this!... ;oD

REMEMBER BALLOTS ARE OUT AND FINAL RESULTS ANNOUNCED ON DECEMBER 8th--
so
PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR GIL HODGES

HE DESERVES IT

COOPERSTOWN NEEDS GIL HODGES

--- In gilhodgeshalloffamesupport@yahoogroups.com, Ronald Cromer
<gilhodges4hof@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Larry & All ..........
>  
> Although I'm not a particularly religious person I do recall what
fans of Gil Hodges did during his WS slump of the early 50's; they
prayed for Gil.  We are all SO FORTUNATE to have a hero like Gil
Hodges.  I became a fan of Gil's in 1958 when the Dodgers moved out
to my birthplace of Los Angeles, California.  There is hardly a day
when I don't think about Gil, never a day when I fail to be thankful
for having Gil as my hero.  I KNOW Gil is going to make it into the
HOF and I am confident that it will be soon.  What a wonderful
experience that will be, sharing the moment with all of you @
Cooperstown.  Mrs. Joan Hodges, and the family, deserve this
moment. 
>  
> Thanks to ALL of you for your efforts on behalf of Gil. 
>  
>  
> Ron Cromer
> THANK YOU RON FOR YOUR SUPPORT--AS A SIDE NOTE THE ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR THE HALL COMES OUT ON DECEMBER 8 ---HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE GIL'S
LUCKY DAY AS HE WAS A ROMAN CATHOLIC & DEC 8th IS A HOLYDAY FOR
CATHOLICS -FEAST OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SO I HOPE BLESSED MOTHER
MARY IS CASTING MANY VOTES FOR OUR GIL AND I TOO PRAY FOR GIL DAILY
AS COOPERSTOWN NEEDS GIL HODGES
> --- On Mon, 10/6/08, Larry Pizer <saluki1971@...> wrote:
>
> From: Larry Pizer <saluki1971@...>
> Subject: Re: [GIL HODGES HALL OF FAME SUPPORT] Re: gotta t-shirt
design? how about email campaign?
> To: gilhodgeshalloffamesupport@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 6:13 PM
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I am planning my vacation around the election and a visit to
Cooperstown in July. We need to impact the voters somehow.  Gil is
the man...I have a game used glove I got from Gil at Spring training
in 58.  I have offered it to the Hall for his induction. Go Gil!
>
> --- On Mon, 10/6/08, bklynbum14 <no_reply@yahoogroup s.com> wrote:
>
> From: bklynbum14 <no_reply@yahoogroup s.com>
> Subject: [GIL HODGES HALL OF FAME SUPPORT] Re: gotta t-shirt
design? how about email campaign?
> To: gilhodgeshalloffame support@yahoogro ups.com
> Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 7:06 PM
>
> --- In gilhodgeshalloffame support@yahoogro ups.com, bfa629
> <no_reply@ .> wrote:
> >
> > That's a beautiful logo. Has anyone put it on a t-shirt? I'd buy
a
> few
> > for Christmas presents to spread the word that we need to be
more
> pro-
> > active this time. Also, has anyone compiled a list of email
> addresses
> > for the 60+ members who will be voting? Sending letters to
voters
> at
> > the Hall is not as productive as one may think. They do not go
to
> the
> > voters, according to what the Hall PR guy told me a few years
ago.
> > They go into a bin where the voters can look at them if they
want
> to.
> > We need to be more in-your-face about it this time. An effective
> email
> > campaign might make the difference. The appearance of people
> wearing t-
> > shirts in public could stir up interest in the general public.
> This
> > may be our last shot.
>
> Good thought---some years ago I designed a GIL tee shirt and sold
> almost 150 to most of you and we donated all profits ($1,000)
> to the labor day jerry lewis telethon-MS- -in fact I appeared on
TV
> with Joan Hodges in Secausus NJ to give check. The design did not
> include the logo which may be property of Dodgers. HOW TO GET IN
> TOUCH WITH 60 VOTERS IS TOUGH AS HALL DOES THROW MAIL AWAY AND
WHERE
> TO GET E-MAIL OR STREET ADDRESS OF 60 IS UNKNOWN TO ME--SO I
MERELY
> QUOTE
> 'PRAYING FOR GIL HODGES" & HOPE FOR FAVORABLE VOTE ON DEC 8.
> HALL DOES SEND NICE PRESS PACKAGE ON CANDIDATES TO ALL VOTERS--HOW
> MANY READ THEM??----ONLY 10 THIS TIME AND GIL'S TELLS IT AS IT IS
> YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF ON HALL WEB SITE
> SEE YOU ALL IN COOPERSTOWN IN JULY WITH GIL TEE SHIRTS I WILL GIVE
> AWAY
> THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT
> >
>
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>
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Dear Larry & All ..........
 
Although I'm not a particularly religious person I do recall what fans of Gil
Hodges did during his WS slump of the early 50's; they prayed for Gil.  We are
all SO FORTUNATE to have a hero like Gil Hodges.  I became a fan of Gil's in
1958 when the Dodgers moved out to my birthplace of Los Angeles, California. 
There is hardly a day when I don't think about Gil, never a day when I fail to
be thankful for having Gil as my hero.  I KNOW Gil is going to make it into the
HOF and I am confident that it will be soon.  What a wonderful experience that
will be, sharing the moment with all of you @ Cooperstown.  Mrs. Joan Hodges,
and the family, deserve this moment. 
 
Thanks to ALL of you for your efforts on behalf of Gil. 
 
 
Ron Cromer

--- On Mon, 10/6/08, Larry Pizer <saluki1971@...> wrote:

From: Larry Pizer <saluki1971@...>
Subject: Re: [GIL HODGES HALL OF FAME SUPPORT] Re: gotta t-shirt design? how
about email campaign?
To: gilhodgeshalloffamesupport@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 6:13 PM






I am planning my vacation around the election and a visit to Cooperstown in
July. We need to impact the voters somehow.  Gil is the man...I have a game used
glove I got from Gil at Spring training in 58.  I have offered it to the Hall
for his induction. Go Gil!

--- On Mon, 10/6/08, bklynbum14 <no_reply@yahoogroup s.com> wrote:

From: bklynbum14 <no_reply@yahoogroup s.com>
Subject: [GIL HODGES HALL OF FAME SUPPORT] Re: gotta t-shirt design? how about
email campaign?
To: gilhodgeshalloffame support@yahoogro ups.com
Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 7:06 PM

--- In gilhodgeshalloffame support@yahoogro ups.com, bfa629
<no_reply@.. .> wrote:
>
> That's a beautiful logo. Has anyone put it on a t-shirt? I'd buy a
few
> for Christmas presents to spread the word that we need to be more
pro-
> active this time. Also, has anyone compiled a list of email
addresses
> for the 60+ members who will be voting? Sending letters to voters
at
> the Hall is not as productive as one may think. They do not go to
the
> voters, according to what the Hall PR guy told me a few years ago.
> They go into a bin where the voters can look at them if they want
to.
> We need to be more in-your-face about it this time. An effective
email
> campaign might make the difference. The appearance of people
wearing t-
> shirts in public could stir up interest in the general public.
This
> may be our last shot.

Good thought---some years ago I designed a GIL tee shirt and sold
almost 150 to most of you and we donated all profits ($1,000)
to the labor day jerry lewis telethon-MS- -in fact I appeared on TV
with Joan Hodges in Secausus NJ to give check. The design did not
include the logo which may be property of Dodgers. HOW TO GET IN
TOUCH WITH 60 VOTERS IS TOUGH AS HALL DOES THROW MAIL AWAY AND WHERE
TO GET E-MAIL OR STREET ADDRESS OF 60 IS UNKNOWN TO ME--SO I MERELY
QUOTE
'PRAYING FOR GIL HODGES" & HOPE FOR FAVORABLE VOTE ON DEC 8.
HALL DOES SEND NICE PRESS PACKAGE ON CANDIDATES TO ALL VOTERS--HOW
MANY READ THEM??----ONLY 10 THIS TIME AND GIL'S TELLS IT AS IT IS
YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF ON HALL WEB SITE
SEE YOU ALL IN COOPERSTOWN IN JULY WITH GIL TEE SHIRTS I WILL GIVE
AWAY
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT
>

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I am planning my vacation around the election and a visit to Cooperstown in
July. We need to impact the voters somehow.  Gil is the man...I have a game used
glove I got from Gil at Spring training in 58.  I have offered it to the Hall
for his induction. Go Gil!

--- On Mon, 10/6/08, bklynbum14 <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

From: bklynbum14 <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [GIL HODGES HALL OF FAME SUPPORT] Re: gotta t-shirt design? how about
email campaign?
To: gilhodgeshalloffamesupport@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 7:06 PM






--- In gilhodgeshalloffame support@yahoogro ups.com, bfa629
<no_reply@.. .> wrote:
>
> That's a beautiful logo. Has anyone put it on a t-shirt? I'd buy a
few
> for Christmas presents to spread the word that we need to be more
pro-
> active this time. Also, has anyone compiled a list of email
addresses
> for the 60+ members who will be voting? Sending letters to voters
at
> the Hall is not as productive as one may think. They do not go to
the
> voters, according to what the Hall PR guy told me a few years ago.
> They go into a bin where the voters can look at them if they want
to.
> We need to be more in-your-face about it this time. An effective
email
> campaign might make the difference. The appearance of people
wearing t-
> shirts in public could stir up interest in the general public.
This
> may be our last shot.

Good thought---some years ago I designed a GIL tee shirt and sold
almost 150 to most of you and we donated all profits ($1,000)
to the labor day jerry lewis telethon-MS- -in fact I appeared on TV
with Joan Hodges in Secausus NJ to give check. The design did not
include the logo which may be property of Dodgers. HOW TO GET IN
TOUCH WITH 60 VOTERS IS TOUGH AS HALL DOES THROW MAIL AWAY AND WHERE
TO GET E-MAIL OR STREET ADDRESS OF 60 IS UNKNOWN TO ME--SO I MERELY
QUOTE
'PRAYING FOR GIL HODGES" & HOPE FOR FAVORABLE VOTE ON DEC 8.
HALL DOES SEND NICE PRESS PACKAGE ON CANDIDATES TO ALL VOTERS--HOW
MANY READ THEM??----ONLY 10 THIS TIME AND GIL'S TELLS IT AS IT IS
YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF ON HALL WEB SITE
SEE YOU ALL IN COOPERSTOWN IN JULY WITH GIL TEE SHIRTS I WILL GIVE
AWAY
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT
>


















[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

--- In gilhodgeshalloffamesupport@yahoogroups.com, bfa629
<no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> That's a beautiful logo. Has anyone put it on a t-shirt? I'd buy a
few
> for Christmas presents to spread the word that we need to be more
pro-
> active this time. Also, has anyone compiled a list of email
addresses
> for the 60+ members who will be voting? Sending letters to voters
at
> the Hall is not as productive as one may think. They do not go to
the
> voters, according to what the Hall PR guy told me a few years ago.
> They go into a bin where the voters can look at them if they want
to.
> We need to be more in-your-face about it this time. An effective
email
> campaign might make the difference. The appearance of people
wearing t-
> shirts in public could stir up interest in the general public.
This
> may be our last shot.

Good thought---some years ago I designed a GIL tee shirt and sold
almost 150 to most of you and we donated all profits ($1,000)
to the labor day jerry lewis telethon-MS--in fact I appeared on TV
with Joan Hodges in Secausus NJ to give check. The design did not
include the logo which may be property of Dodgers. HOW TO GET IN
TOUCH WITH 60 VOTERS IS TOUGH AS HALL DOES THROW MAIL AWAY AND WHERE
TO GET E-MAIL OR STREET ADDRESS OF 60 IS UNKNOWN TO ME--SO I MERELY
QUOTE
'PRAYING FOR GIL HODGES" & HOPE FOR FAVORABLE VOTE ON DEC 8.
HALL DOES SEND NICE PRESS PACKAGE ON CANDIDATES TO ALL VOTERS--HOW
MANY READ THEM??----ONLY 10 THIS TIME AND GIL'S TELLS IT AS IT IS
YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF ON HALL WEB SITE
SEE YOU ALL IN COOPERSTOWN IN JULY WITH GIL TEE SHIRTS I WILL GIVE
AWAY
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT
>

That's a beautiful logo. Has anyone put it on a t-shirt? I'd buy a few
for Christmas presents to spread the word that we need to be more pro-
active this time. Also, has anyone compiled a list of email addresses
for the 60+ members who will be voting? Sending letters to voters at
the Hall is not as productive as one may think. They do not go to the
voters, according to what the Hall PR guy told me a few years ago.
They go into a bin where the voters can look at them if they want to.
We need to be more in-your-face about it this time. An effective email
campaign might make the difference. The appearance of people wearing t-
shirts in public could stir up interest in the general public. This
may be our last shot.

THE VET COMMITTEE CHANGED THE RULES THIS YEAR FOR THE 2009 INDUCTEES---
THERE IS PRE AND POST WWII--ELECTION---I BELIEVE THE PRE BALLOT IS
FINALIZED WITH THE POST TO CONSIST OF 10 PLAYERS TO BE ANNOUNCED THIS
MONTH-SEPT--AND GIL WILL BE ON IT---BALLOTS GO OUT IN NOVEMBER AND
RESULTS ANNOUNCED EARLY DECEMBER, 2008.
JUST IN CASE YOU RUN INTO A HALL OF FAMER ON THE GOLF COURSE OR CARD
SHOW LET THEM KNOW GIL NEEDS THEIR VOTE---ALL LIVING HALL OF FAMERS
VOTE AND THAT INCLUDES GOSSAGE--SPARKY ANDERSEN--LASORDA---AND ABOUT 62
MORE BUT ONE NEEDS 75% TO GET ELECTED. INDUCTION WEEKEND IN 2009 IS
JULY 25-26 WHICH IS EARLY--HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE---CONTINUE
TO "PRAYING FOR GIL HODGES"

CARL ERSKINE VISITS BROOKLYN CYCLONES PARK ON 8/17. I WILL BE THERE TO
GET OISK BOBBLEHEAD & HEAR HIM PLAY NATIONAL ANTHEM ON HIS HARMONICA
AND DO SOME SIGNING TOO---LAST YEAR IT WAS NEWK AND A FEW WEEKS AGO
SHUBA WHO HAS NEW BOOK OUT. CANNOT WAIT TO SEE #17 THROW OUT FIRST
BALL TOO----OUR BUMS STILL HAVE ROOTS IN BROOKLYN--THAT IS CONEY
ISLAND BROOKLYN--THANKS TO METS FOR BRINGING THEM BACK

I AM OFFICIALLY RETIRED NOW--NOT BAD--GOOD HEALTH TO ALL AND MAY GOD
BLESS

--- In gilhodgeshalloffamesupport@yahoogroups.com, bklynbum14
<no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> Send your opinions in as Steve Hart will be interested on this 50th
> ANNIV. --1958---of OMalley taking our Brooklyn Bums away--By the way
> George Shuba will be in Brooklyn july 20th re his new book and carl
> Erskine on August 17th--bobble head nite--both in coney island--Met
> farm class A--Brooklyn CYCLONES game---the 'B" on the team's logo is
> the Brooklyn B-----check Cyclone web site for tickets and gear
>
From what I have learned from the recent HBO special, I guess I
shouldn't blame O'Malley.  Robert Moses seems to have been equally
guilty (maybe moreso) for losing two teams. And, I guess, given the
same deal I would have moved, too. HOWEVER, in my heart I STILL hold it
against him (O'Malley).  HOF?  For what?  Taking the best deal offered
to make the most money?

Send your opinions in as Steve Hart will be interested on this 50th
ANNIV. --1958---of OMalley taking our Brooklyn Bums away--By the way
George Shuba will be in Brooklyn july 20th re his new book and carl
Erskine on August 17th--bobble head nite--both in coney island--Met
farm class A--Brooklyn CYCLONES game---the 'B" on the team's logo is
the Brooklyn B-----check Cyclone web site for tickets and gear

Gil Hodges, The Amazin' Manager Michael Mink
Fri Jul 11, 6:14 PM ET



The New York Mets had a legacy of lovable losers, but Gil Hodges
failed to see the humor.



During his first spring training in 1968 as the team's manager,
Hodges told players and the press that "losing is no laughing
matter," recalled Joe Pignatano, who played and coached with him.

Hodges (1924-72) vowed that anyone planning to watch the Mets for a
chuckle would be disappointed.

He was used to winning as a standout first baseman who played in
seven World Series with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers.

As the Mets' manager, he got down to business fast. With a team that
averaged 54 wins each of the previous six seasons, he produced 73
victories his first campaign.

The next spring, he astounded reporters by predicting that the Mets
had the talent to win 85 games.

Hodges' outlook proved amazing.

By the time 1969's season ended, the Amazin' Mets had turned into
the Miracle Mets.

They won 100 games in the regular season, swept the Atlanta Braves
in the National League pennant series and routed the favored
Baltimore Orioles in five World Series games.

Hodges' Mets were champions, completing one of the great turnarounds
in sports history.

How did he do it? The soft-spoken and gentlemanly Hodges emphasized
the mental aspect of the game.

"It's not reasonable for me to think that any player will catch
every ball that is hit to him. But it is reasonable for me to expect
that every player on the field knows how many outs have been made in
the inning," Hodges wrote in "The Game of Baseball," with Frank
Slocum.

"Gil always said, 'Hey, errors, everybody makes (physical) errors.
That's being human. But you can't make mental mistakes, because
you're a professional,'" said Bud Harrelson, the '69 Mets' shortstop
and now the part owner of the minor-league Long Island Ducks. "Gil
was pretty low-key unless you made a stupid mistake, but he would
not embarrass you right there; he'd just talk to you privately after
the game. He made me a smarter player by making me think more."

Hodges managed from field experience. In a playing career that
started in 1943, picked up after the war in 1947 and ran until 1963,
he blasted 370 home runs -- which at the time was the most of any
right-handed hitter in National League history.

Hodges was part of the power behind the great Dodgers teams of the
1950s. His 1,001 runs batted in were the most of any player in the
decade.

He appeared in eight All-Star games, won three Gold Gloves for his
defense and helped the Dodgers win the 1955 and 1959 world titles.

By 1963, he was playing for the Mets and realized, at 39, that his
playing days were over. So early in the season he shed his New York
pinstripes and donned Washington garb to manage the Senators.

The team languished at the bottom of the American League that year,
then slowly rose under Hodges. By 1967, he had the Senators in sixth
place in the 10-team loop.

Two years later, his Met moves earned him National League Manager of
the Year honors and the nickname the Miracle Worker.

"Gil was the difference. He instilled confidence in us and made us
believe we could win," said Cleon Jones, the '69 Mets' left fielder,
as quoted in "Gil Hodges: The Quiet Man," by Marino Amoruso.

Hodges said the essential of baseball strategy was to keep things
simple. "The biggest danger for a manager, and the easiest trap for
him to fall into, is to overmanage," he said.

"Gil stressed two major things -- fundamentals and giving your best
all the time," Frank Howard, who played with him on the Dodgers and
under him on the Senators, said in Amoruso's book.

Hodges' career and life were cut short when he died of a heart
attack in April 1972. He was 48.

The Mets retired his No. 14 in 1982. The pride of Princeton, Ind.,
is beloved by multitudes of former teammates and players. Duke
Snider called him "consistent." Carl Erskine called him "genuine."
Howard and Pee Wee Reese said anyone would want their son to grow up
to be like Hodges.

On the field, Hodges played and learned under three Hall of Fame
skippers: Leo Durocher, Walter Alston and Casey Stengel.

From Alston, Hodges learned that regardless of the criticism from
media and fans, a manager must be true to his instincts. Durocher's
example taught Hodges not to manage against the opposing manager's
moves, but to focus on his own team. "Gil was ahead of everyone
else," Pignatano told IBD. "He knew what he was going to do two,
three innings down the line."

Hodges' philosophy of managing people wasn't complicated, just firm.
He expected his players to conduct themselves like professionals.
This included being in proper physical shape and getting enough
rest. Players who stayed out all night, Hodges said, hurt the
team, "and it's my job to see that they don't hurt the club. If I
let them get away with breaking the rules, I'm inviting the others
to do the same thing."

When it came to rules, Hodges believed in enforcing them across the
board. "His rules applied equally to every man on the club. ... He
played no favorites," said Tom Seaver, the Mets' Cy Young Award
winner in 1969, as quoted by Amoruso.

When Hodges disciplined players, he tried to get them to understand
their mistake. "Meetings shouldn't be for the purpose of bawling
them out or humiliating them. It should be an opportunity for them
to learn. They have questions, and your ability as a manager will be
directly related to your ability to answer those questions," he
wrote.

Hodges, a World War II combat veteran, stayed mentally tough to
serve as a positive example to his team. He felt that if he
complained or lost his cool, his players -- especially his hurlers --
  might also lose it.

"If a pitcher loses his temper, he also loses his powers of
reasoning, and that's a luxury that pitchers can afford less than
anybody else on the field," Hodges said.

He instilled in his players to never give up, no matter the score.

"Somebody has to try to keep the hope of winning alive," he
said. "Realistically, chance of victory might be very slim, but ...
the thing for you to see that your players remember is that those
chances do exist."

NOTE--Gil received Bronze Medal as WWII Marine---one of only three
players to both hit for cycle and hit 4 homers in one game

I can only surmise that those who vote either don't know, don't
understand or just don't give a damn.

John

--- In gilhodgeshalloffamesupport@yahoogroups.com, "gilhodges4hof"
<gilhodges4hof@...> wrote:
>
> Someone once asked me what I thought about Pete Rose and his
> exclusion from the HOF.  I replied that I didn't care much, one way
or
> another, about Rose but do think that if issues of character and
> integrity are important enough to keep Pete from the HOF then why are
> these same qualities not important enough to bump a player, like Gil,
> into the HOF.
>
> Gil Hodges represented the best in baseball and the best in mankind.
> How can those who vote continue to ignore Gil's qualities as a
player,
> manager and man??
>

Someone once asked me what I thought about Pete Rose and his
exclusion from the HOF.  I replied that I didn't care much, one way or
another, about Rose but do think that if issues of character and
integrity are important enough to keep Pete from the HOF then why are
these same qualities not important enough to bump a player, like Gil,
into the HOF.

Gil Hodges represented the best in baseball and the best in mankind.
How can those who vote continue to ignore Gil's qualities as a player,
manager and man??

Guys,

My name is Stephen Hart and I'm a sportswriter for the Staten island
Advance daily newspaper in NYC. I've also been a longtime member of
this group -- though I haven't posted before.

I'm 43 years old, and one of my first recollections of my childhood
was of my mom dragging me by the hand from kindergarten after school
and racing home in the fall of 1969 to watch the Mets win the World
Series. It's a cherished memory and one I have Gil Hodges to thank
for.

I've been a sportswriter at my newspaper since 1989, and I am
currently working on a story that I would like some feedback on. This
year is the 50th anniversary of the first summer without the Dodgers
and Giants in NYC. I know last year, a lot of publications did
stories
on the golden anniversary of their last seasons in New York; I'm
looking to do a 50th anniversary story on what it was like for the
fans who were left behind. Did they continue to root for the Giants &
Dodgers, even though they were on the West Coast? Did they actually
switch over to the Yankees? Did they give up on rooting for baseball?
Or did they bide their time and wait to cheer on the Mets starting in
1962?

Since I'm betting that there are a few former Brooklyn Dodger fans
(or
maybe even ex-Giants fans) in this group -- or you might know people
who fit the bill -- I was hoping to speak with you for my story. You
can either correspond with me via this site or you can email me at
either my home email address (vikmetrang@...) or work address
(hart@...).

If you were a Dodgers (or Giants) fan 50 years ago, I want to know
what the summer of 1958 was like for you, and who you were rooting
for. I'd especially like to hear from either Staten Island residents
or former residents. But even if you're not, I'd still like to hear
what you have to say.

Email me and, if you really have an interesting story, I'll try to
set
up a phone interview with you and have your quotes in my story.

Thanks again,
Stephen Hart

If you want to read some of my sports blogs that I've written, go
to ...
http://blog.silive.com/sportsspotlight/stephen_hart/

My name is Larry Pizer...and here my story...every word true.
 
I saw my very first game in 1954 at the Polo Grounds. I was not a fan yet,
unless hot dogs and peanuts count.  The Dodgers,the blue guys, won and #14 for
them hit a homer. The very next year I saw my second game, in Brooklyn.  I
believe it was Philly but I am not sure.
 
My dad knew the umpire with the big blue thing. Now I know what it is but I did
not then. I got to meet #14, GilHodges before the game.  His hands went to my
elbow, maybe beyond.  He hit another homer in that game and scored 2 more
times.  He was my first baseball hero and I went on to wear #14 for 20 years.
 
In 1958, when the Dodgers moved it was only slightly traumatic. I was a Jersey
boy, and had just reached the age of 9, when playing ball was more important
than Hot Dogs and peanuts in the shell. I missed them,but not until much later
when I had tryouts in Pittsburg and Philly. ( I bombed!) I would have much
rather been a Bum.
 
I have been a Dodger fan for 54 years. I am not much for changing my rooting
interests.  I have lived in 13 cities and never cheered for anyone but the the
Bums, Jints,Knicks,and Rangers.  Call me loyal to a fault.
 
Sandy Koufax may have taken #1 in my heart, because I am Jewish and his Yom
Kippur boycott was a really big deal.  But Gil should be a hall-of-famer.  He is
surely in Heavens Hall of Fame. I hope he gets in the second best Hall, at
Cooperstown.
 
Good luck with the book and I would love to buy one.

--- On Mon, 6/30/08, Trusted_Swordsman <vikmetrang@...> wrote:

From: Trusted_Swordsman <vikmetrang@...>
Subject: [GIL HODGES HALL OF FAME SUPPORT] Looking for a few quotes from some
members
To: gilhodgeshalloffamesupport@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 8:32 PM






Guys,

My name is Stephen Hart and I'm a sportswriter for the Staten island
Advance daily newspaper in NYC. I've also been a longtime member of
this group -- though I haven't posted before.

I'm 43 years old, and one of my first recollections of my childhood
was of my mom dragging me by the hand from kindergarten after school
and racing home in the fall of 1969 to watch the Mets win the World
Series. It's a cherished memory and one I have Gil Hodges to thank for.

I've been a sportswriter at my newspaper since 1989, and I am
currently working on a story that I would like some feedback on. This
year is the 50th anniversary of the first summer without the Dodgers
and Giants in NYC. I know last year, a lot of publications did stories
on the golden anniversary of their last seasons in New York; I'm
looking to do a 50th anniversary story on what it was like for the
fans who were left behind. Did they continue to root for the Giants &
Dodgers, even though they were on the West Coast? Did they actually
switch over to the Yankees? Did they give up on rooting for baseball?
Or did they bide their time and wait to cheer on the Mets starting in
1962?

Since I'm betting that there are a few former Brooklyn Dodger fans (or
maybe even ex-Giants fans) in this group -- or you might know people
who fit the bill -- I was hoping to speak with you for my story. You
can either correspond with me via this site or you can email me at
either my home email address (vikmetrang@aol. com) or work address
(hart@siadvance. com).

If you were a Dodgers (or Giants) fan 50 years ago, I want to know
what the summer of 1958 was like for you, and who you were rooting
for. I'd especially like to hear from either Staten Island residents
or former residents. But even if you're not, I'd still like to hear
what you have to say.

Email me and, if you really have an interesting story, I'll try to set
up a phone interview with you and have your quotes in my story.

Thanks again,
Stephen Hart

If you want to read some of my sports blogs that I've written, go
to ...
http://blog. silive.com/ sportsspotlight/ stephen_hart/


















[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Guys,

My name is Stephen Hart and I'm a sportswriter for the Staten island
Advance daily newspaper in NYC. I've also been a longtime member of
this group -- though I haven't posted before.

I'm 43 years old, and one of my first recollections of my childhood
was of my mom dragging me by the hand from kindergarten after school
and racing home in the fall of 1969 to watch the Mets win the World
Series. It's a cherished memory and one I have Gil Hodges to thank for.

I've been a sportswriter at my newspaper since 1989, and I am
currently working on a story that I would like some feedback on. This
year is the 50th anniversary of the first summer without the Dodgers
and Giants in NYC. I know last year, a lot of publications did stories
on the golden anniversary of their last seasons in New York; I'm
looking to do a 50th anniversary story on what it was like for the
fans who were left behind. Did they continue to root for the Giants &
Dodgers, even though they were on the West Coast? Did they actually
switch over to the Yankees? Did they give up on rooting for baseball?
Or did they bide their time and wait to cheer on the Mets starting in
1962?

Since I'm betting that there are a few former Brooklyn Dodger fans (or
maybe even ex-Giants fans) in this group -- or  you might know people
who fit the bill -- I was hoping to speak with you for my story. You
can either correspond with me via this site or you can email me at
either my home email address (vikmetrang@...) or work address
(hart@...).

If you were a Dodgers (or Giants) fan 50 years ago, I want to know
what the summer of 1958 was like for you, and who you were rooting
for. I'd especially like to hear from either Staten Island residents
or former residents. But even if you're not, I'd still like to hear
what you have to say.

Email me and, if you really have an interesting story, I'll try to set
up a phone interview with you and have your quotes in my story.

Thanks again,
Stephen Hart

If you want to read some of my sports blogs that I've written, go
to ...
http://blog.silive.com/sportsspotlight/stephen_hart/

The Vet format changed again---now only 63 living baseball Hall of
Famers (players) vote not the 84 previously which included
broadcasters and execs.
On induction weekend ,7/27/2008,some committee of the 63 will decide
on ballot of 25--then in Sept--it will be reduced to 10--final ballot--
which will be sent out in Nov/Dec--We will know results even before
2009 rolls in.
As you know Dick Williams & Walter O'Malley were elected for 2008
induction.

Last year Santo-Kaat-Oliva---all were in Gil's range & all fell short.

48 votes needed for election-----with reduced ballot hopefully Vet
Committee will elect someone, no one since 2001, hopefully GIL.

For the record even with recent void the old vet committee has put in
more in Hall than the Baseball writers.

I will be interviewed on the Mike Silva radio show on Sunday 6/15
about Gil's chances to get in Hall in 2009. The show is on the
internet and recorded so you can here it at a later date if you miss
it live. You can find Silva's baseball internet site on the web.

Hope the link below is accurate--most current interviews on internet
site were Mackay Sasser --Met catcher and Sparky Lyle who needs no
introduction.  link to site is below-HAPPY FATHERS DAY

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nybaseballtalk

EBBETS-FIELD.COM HAS CURRENT EXCITING UPDATES ABOUT HODGES-PODRES-
AND OUR BELOVED BROOKLYN BUMS---VISIT AND SURF THIS
EXCITING/RELAXING SITE


   http://www.ebbets-field.com

johnny podresþ
From: HNDICAP@...
Sent: Mon 1/21/08 12:00 AM
To:  bklynbum14@...

i dont know if you can help but i was speaking with joanie podres on
tuesday and i told her that some dodger fantasy campers wanted to
make a donation rather then send flowers so i asked her if she and
john had a favorite charity and she told me yes the johnny podres
moriah little league field in port henry, ny. if you are interested
in donating or can send out an email i would appreciate it. i have
opened an account with my local bank under the name 'the johnny
podres morian LL (little league, we ran out of room) and they can
make out thier checks accordingly. my mailing info is;

david gordon
132 myrtle ave
long branch, nj 07740

you have my email.

thank you. david

The Induction Speech We Ought to Hear
by Greg on Fri 09 Mar 2007 07:21 PM EST  |  Permanent Link  |
Cosmos
If Joan Hodges is stepping to the podium in Cooperstown this summer,
it would be justice. At the very least, it's Flashback Friday at
Faith and Fear in Flushing.

Thank you Commissioner Selig, members of the board of the Hall of
Fame, all of the Hall of Famers here today and all of you who made
the trip upstate.

I can't tell you how much this day means to me and would have meant
to Gil. He never played or managed for individual accolades, but I
know he would have deeply appreciated this honor.

It's been 35 years since we lost Gil. Thirty-five years since that
awful April afternoon in Florida in 1972. I was beginning to think
he'd been forgotten. I've been reminded since his election, however,
that I was wrong. And it's not just because he was, at last, elected
to this wonderful Hall of Fame.

I've been reminded over and over again by the fans and by the press
and by a lot of people who love baseball that they've never
forgotten my husband. Ever since the veterans committee took their
special second vote last spring and elected Gil Hodges to the Hall,
I can't tell you how many Mets fans and Dodgers fans and just
baseball fans have come up to me and said just the most lovely
things about him.

I have to admit I'd been disappointed all those times Gil came close
but never made it. Maybe I was so wrapped up in my disappointment
that I hadn't noticed that the love for Gil was always there, that
it never dissipated, especially in New York where the memory of Gil
remains so cherished. If I took a step back, I think I would have
seen that no plaque, even one as meaningful as the one you've
unveiled today, could affirm that feeling toward Gil as well as the
love and respect Gil still brought out in people.

Then again, we always said "Wait 'til Next Year" in Brooklyn, and
when next year arrived in 1955, I know we were a lot happier, so it
does mean a great deal to me and our whole family that Gil has been
acknowledged for all time here in Cooperstown.

Of course I wish he could be with us today. Tony and Cal, my husband
never had a chance to see you play, but I think he would have loved
the way you went about your business, bringing so much grace and
dignity to baseball. He would have welcomed the chance to manage
both of you or, if he were a little younger or you had been born a
little earlier, played with you. That's no knock on Pee Wee or Carl,
you understand. Gil always loved his teammates.

Ron, Gil thought the world of you as a competitor, even in 1969 when
you were clicking your heels in those heated games between the Mets
and the Cubs. He'd be thrilled to be sharing this day with you, too,
and would probably be surprised that you hadn't been on this stage
sooner.

You fellows who helped put Gil in with your votes were men Gil
admired no end. Sandy, I'll never forget Gil telling me about that
great young lefty the Dodgers brought up and how if he ever got his
control that he'd be something else. I think he was right. Willie,
Gil never got tired of watching you play, even if your being on the
Giants didn't make our lives any easier back in Brooklyn. And Frank,
I think Gil would be very proud that you helped bring baseball back
to Washington these last few years. Not too many people remember
that the Senators were Gil's first managing job. It would have made
him smile to know that such a great player and competitor had
inherited his old job.

Tom, Gil always knew you'd be here one day. I'll never forget the
beautiful speech you made when you were inducted and how you singled
out Gil as such a big influence on your career. I'll also always
appreciate all the wonderful things you said when you were
broadcasting Mets games, helping to keep his memory alive. To you
and the Wilpons and the entire Met family, I want to thank you for
never forgetting Gil. You held a night in his memory, you voted him
the team's all-time manager and you've been nothing but royal in
your treatment of me. I can't express nearly enough my appreciation
for all the warmth you've bestowed on us. He'd be so pleased to see
the Mets doing as well as they are again, to watch Willie Randolph,
a kid from Brooklyn who grew up rooting for the Mets when Gil was
the manager, succeeding him so beautifully. And I don't think he'd
mind one bit the new ballpark going up in Queens, particularly the
beautiful tribute to Jackie Robinson.

Gil Hodges was, as a biographer once put it, the quiet man. Not all
the time, though. He made plenty of noise with his bat. The 370 home
runs Gil hit were the tenth-most ever at the time he retired. Plus
he drove in a hundred runs or more seven different times. Gil may
have preferred it quiet, but the '69 Mets certainly celebrated
loudly enough to break some of their manager's rules when they won
the World Series and, if I recall correctly, he didn't issue a
single fine.

But it's true that he was a quiet man. He kept a lot to himself. It
was just his way. Yet I know if he were here today that Gil wouldn't
be nearly as quiet as we remember him, at least not up here on this
stage. He'd smile that warm smile of his and say a great big thank
you to everybody who helped enshrine him in Cooperstown.

On his behalf, allow me to do it. Thank you so very, very much.

Next Friday: Lucky bounce.
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Re: The Induction Speech We Ought to Hear
by Inside Pitcher on Fri 09 Mar 2007 07:36 PM EST |  Profile |
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Damn Greg - that was just beautiful
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Re: The Induction Speech We Ought to Hear
by geezer on Fri 09 Mar 2007 08:29 PM EST |  Profile |  Permanent
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It makes me happy, then sad, then obviously mad. Perhaps with the
growing power of the net, and blogs in particular, we could organize
and get this thing done once and for all. Gil was the man, as a
player and then as a manager. Lord knows how the 70s would've gone
if he'd stayed with us a few more years.
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Re: The Induction Speech We Ought to Hear
by bmfc1 on Sat 10 Mar 2007 08:55 AM EST |  Profile |  Permanent Link
I knew Keith Hernandez was damn good when my father said "he's best
first baseman I've seen since Gil Hodges."
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VERY MOVING ARTICLE

I was browsing the internet, and ran across this moving piece. It is
the author's thoughts on what Joan Hodges would say  to the fans on
behalf of Gil if he were elected to the Hall:

http://faithandfear.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2007/3/9/2793703.html

YES IT IS TRUE WALTER O'MALLEY WAS ELECTED TO BASEBALL HALL OF FAME--
HE MAY HAVE BEEN A PIONEER BUT HE STOLE OUR HEART AND SOLE TAKING OUR
BUMS TO LA. AND WHAT HAS THE BASEBALL HALL VET COMMITTEE COME T0---
WHEN THEY DO NOT GET THINGS RIGHT THEY CREATE SOME COMMITTEE AND
ELECT THEIR FAVORITES IN---EXAMPLES---SPECIAL NEGRO LEAGUE ELECTION
FAILED TO GET BUCK O'NEIL ELECTED(HE DESERVED IT) BUT HALL HAS HIM
INTRODUCE ALL ELECTED AT INDUNCTION  BUT IN HIS SPEECH HE NOTES GIL
SHOULD BE IN --
THEN HALL CREATED O'NEIL HUMANITARIAN AWARD AFTER HE DIES AND ELECTS
HIM IN--JOE MORGAN-HALL VP EXECUTIVE STATES IS WAS NOT A MAKE-UP--
THEN WHY NOT DO IT WHEN THE GUY WAS ALIVE.

THEN VET CREATE A 12 MEMBER COMMITTEE & ELECT O'MALLEY AND A FEW
OTHERS--DICK WILLIAMS TOO--AN ORIGINAL BKLYN. BUM--BUT LEAVE OUT
BUZZIE BAVASSI WHO DESERVES IT AND IS 92 AND ALIVE IN CALIFORNIA.

MAYBE WE SHOULD ALL WRITE MORGAN--SEAVER IS DIRECTOR TOO--AND JANE
FORBES CLARK WHO RUNS/OWNS COOPERSTOWN & THE HALL & STATE GIL HODGES
BELONGS IN THE HALL TOO BUT IN THESE TIMES HIS IMAGE IS PROBABLY TOO
GOOD FOR THE HALL BUT MAYBE THEY COULD SET UP ANOTHER HUMANITARIAN
AWARD RE STEROIDS VIA A SPECIAL COMMITTEE AND PUT GIL IN SO THE YOUTH
CAN SEE HOW REAL BASBALL PLAYERS ACHIEVED FEATS LIKE 4 HOMERS IN ONE
GAME--HIT FOR THE CYCLE--372 HOMERS--14 GRAND SLAMS--7 STRAIGHT YEARS
OF 100+ RBI--& BEST FIELDING RIGHT HANDED FIRST BASEMAN EVER--& AN
ALL STAR

REMEMBER- THE ONLY REAL DODGERS ARE BROOKLYN DODGERS--THE ONLY REAL
DODGER FANS ARE BROOKLYN DODGER FANS--THE ONLY REAL DODGER BLUE IS
BROOKLYN DODGER BLUE AND THE ONLY REAL STADIUM WAS EBBETS FIELD---WE
LOVED THE BROOKLYN DODGERS AND WE STILL DO

LA IS CELEBRATING 50 YEARS SINCE O'MALLEY STOLE OUR TEAM-BUT IN THESE
TIMES WHEN BASEBALL IS NOTHING MORE THAN A BUSINESS THEIR 1988 MAY
NEVER COME AGAIN EVEN WITH A BROOKLYN BORN JOE TORRE

I MAY HAVE LEFT BROOKLYN & LIVE IN NORWALK,CT. BUT YOU CANNOT TAKE
THE BROOKLYN OUT OF ME---BE WELL --LIVE WELL EACH DAY

2007 MARKED 50 YEARS SINCE O'MALLEY TOOK OUR BUMS WEST -NOW DODGERTOWN
ENDS ON ST PATTY'S DAY IN 2008. I WENT TO A DODGER DREAM CAMP IN FEB-
1990 AND WAS IN DODGER HEAVEN WITH SNIDER-PODRES-HOWARD-YEAGER-BRANCA-
ROE-RUSSEL-ERSKINE-LASORDA-HOOTON-REGGIE SMITH--RON PERR--LABINE--TO
NAME A FEW----THE BROOKLYN TRADITION REMAINED THERE WITH STREET NAMES
OF ROBBY-CAMPY-REESE-ETC. AND THE REMINDER OF KOUFAX-DRYSDALE -HERSHIRE-
FROM LA GOOD TIMES----FANTASTIC COMPLEX & WE WERE TREATED LIKE MAJOR
LEAGUE BALLPLAYERS FROM DRILLS TO GAMES TO DINER TO THE CLUBHOUSE--EVEN
HAD PICTURES OF EARLY DODGERTOWN WHEN 400-600 GATHERED AT SPRING
TRAINING---LAST CHANCE TO VISIT A TRULY BROOKLYN TRADITION WHEN
BASEBALL WAS A GAME AND AS CAMPY STATED BRINGS THE KID BACK TO YOU

MERRY CHRISTMAS--HAPPY HEALTHY NEW YEAR

MANAGERS/UMPIRES--COMMITTEE OF 16 TO CAST BALLOTS--DECEMBER 2007
                       HELD EVERY OTHER YEAR

PLAYERS BALLOT---SEVERAL CUTDOWNS --JULY,2008 20-25 CHOSEN; FINAL
BALLOT OF 10 ANNOUNCED IN OCT 2008---RESULTS ANNOUNCED IN DEC-2008
                VOTED BY LIVING HALL BALLPLAYERS-ABOUT 62>>75% NEEDED
                 EVERY OTHER YEAR--(CAREER MUST BEGIN 1943 OR LATER)

               PLAYERS WHO PLAYED 1942 & EARLIER WILL BE CONSIDERED
EVERY 5 YEARS BY A GROUP OF 12 HALL OF FAMERS

SEE HALL WEB SITE FOR THESE DETAILS AND OTHER MATTERS
   http://baseballhall.org

Even though Joe Morgan said "this is not necessariyl trying to right a
wrong" that is exactly what THE HALL OF FAME DID by creating the well
deserved Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award along with a statue of
Buck to be dedicated in July,2008. Buck fell 2 votes short in the
special Negro League star election in 2006 but he gave the speech in
Cooperstown for the 17 elected and closed his speech by saying GIL
HODGES BELONGS IN COOPERSTOWN. Buck passed away in 2006 at 94. I met
him in Coopertown and have his autograph. He was a supporter of Gil and
on the 15 member Vet commitee headed by Ted Williams. Hope you all get
to cooperstown next year & see Buck's statue--I certainly will. There
will be future recipients of this award but exactly when and how
elected was not clarified in the article. We could write the Hall and
suggest GIL---it couldn't hurt.

Press Releases
MLB Official Info




09/05/2007 4:30 PM ET
Mets honor lengendary manager Gil Hodges at Shea this Friday night,
Sept. 7 when the Mets host the Astros
Hall of Famers Seaver and Berra, Mets Legends Charles, Harrelson,
Kranepool, and Swoboda join Hodges family in celebrating beloved
manager's induction into U.S. Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame



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FLUSHING -- The New York Mets today announced that National Baseball
Hall of Famers Tom Seaver and Yogi Berra, along with Mets legends Ed
Charles, Bud Harrelson, Ed Kranepool, and Ron Swoboda will join Joan
Hodges and her family to celebrate Gil Hodges' induction into the
United States Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame this Friday night,
Sept. 7 at Shea Stadium. The on-field ceremony honoring Hodges will
take place at 6:30 p.m. before the Mets host the Houston Astros.
Hodges' Dodgers teammates Ralph Branca and Joe Pignatano also will
attend the ceremony. A 30-piece Marine Corps Band will be present to
perform the Marine Corps Hymn in Gil's honor.
The United States Marine Corps on Aug. 17 inducted Hodges into its
Sports Hall of Fame for his excellence on and off the athletic
playing field. Hodges was inducted along with Angelo Bertelli, former
Notre Dame Quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner; Leo Nomellini,
member of the College and Football Pro Hall of Fame; and Bobby
Wanzer, former NBA basketball great. Former inductees include Ted
Williams, Ken Norton, Lee Trevino and Seaver, who was inducted in
2003.

As Manager of the 1969 World Champion Mets, Hodges led the team to a
100-62 record, the best in the National League that year. Under his
direction, New York swept past the Atlanta Braves in the National
League Championship Series and defeated the heavily favored Baltimore
Orioles four games to one in the World Series. In Hodges' four
seasons as Manager of the Mets, he led the team to a record of 339-
309.

Hodges' managerial career followed a distinguished playing career
that spanned 18 seasons, beginning with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1943
and concluding two seasons with the Mets in 1962-1963. Hodges was
elected to eight All-Star teams and won three Gold Gloves as the
Dodgers' slugging first baseman.

Hodges batted .273 with 370 home runs (including the first in Mets
team history in 1962), and 1,274 runs batted in 2,071 career games.
He recorded 1,921 hits, 295 doubles, 48 triples, and scored 1,105
runs. His 14 career grand slams set a National League record, since
eclipsed by Willie McCovey (18) and Hank Aaron (16).

For more information log on to Mets.com, LosMets.com or call 718-507-
TIXX.

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--- In gilhodgeshalloffamesupport@yahoogroups.com, "mgaax60"
<mgaax@...> wrote:
>
> Please inform me where and to whom I can write in support of Gil to
the Hall of Fame.
> He was one of my childhood heroes and I had the fortune of meeting
him when I was 10 at
> the Willamsburg Bank, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. (summer of '55)  Can I
buy bumper stckers in
> support of his election?  Thanx for any suggestions

THE NEW VET FORMAT CHANGED & NOW ALL LIVING BASEBALL HALL OF FAMERS O
VOTE EVERY TWO YEARS---SO HOW DOES ONE WRITE TO EACH OF 70 OR SO--
IMPOSSIBLE
LIST OF THEM IS ON THE HALL OF FAME WEB-SITE AND CHECK LIBRARY-AS
SOME BOOKS ARE OUT THERE WITH THEIR HOME OR AGENTS MAILING ADDRESS--
BEST IS TO CATCH THEM AT A CARD SHOW OR OLD TIMERS GAME--MANY HAVE
THERE OWN WEB SITES & YOU CAN POST MESSAGE THERE. NEXT ELECTION IS
DECEMBER 2008 I THINK WITH RESULTS IN FEB -2009

OTHER THAN THAT--WRITE THE NY METS AND LA DODGERS DIRECTLY TO SHOW
SUPPORT & SEE WHAT YOU/WE CAN DO--EVEN WRITE THE PRESIDENT OF THE
COOPERSTOWN HALL OF FAME--OR E-MAIL HIM
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT
HAVE NOT SEEN BUMPER STICKERS IN A WHILE--MARTY ADLER DID HAVE THEM
AT ONE TIME--CHECK WEB SITE EBBETS-FIELD.COM--HAS A LOT ABOUT OUR
BUMS AND SPECIAL SITE ON GIL--ALSO ADLERS NEWS LETTER


>