Ballard and Steichen are safe

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

C&O, You obviously know so much more about this than I do. I've read a couple of books about the era. Two questions for you. I agree Landis did very little, but how important was the public perception that he totally cleaned up baseball (at least the vast general public) ???

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At most, it affected the public perception of the game in the short-run in a positive manner.

See my above post in regard to its affect of the game in the long-run.

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Originally Posted by Oldcolt

Second question is what you think of Honus Wagner ??? I understand this is a Colts board, but you are the first person I've come across that seems interested in prewar sports. Apologize for this to you Freaks.

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Honus Wagner had more integrity in his little pinkie than Charles Comiskey, Ty Cobb, an Kenesaw Landis all had combined.

Wagner was about 80 years ahead of his time in regard to taking a stand against tobacco companies. The reason why his baseball card is so rare is because he didn't want to promote tobacco to kids, leading to the card's abrupt discontinuation and extreme rarity ...... that alone should have put him the Hall-of-Fame, regardless of how great of a player that he was ...... to me, that stance that he took against tobacco companies at a time when the health hazards that came along with using it were virtually unknown was even greater than the his career .328 Batting Average, his 3,428 Hits, and his 723 Stolen Bases.

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