I think you mean the Waner brothers, Lloyd and Paul aka Big and Little Poison. (I know, autocorrect...) Thanks for your remembrance of Buccos history. The team is in ascendency again, with a WS title possible in the next three years.
RIP to Mr. Home Run.
Too bad most people have forgotten about them because the 1927 version of the Yankees were the best to ever take the field. Even the second place Philadelphia A's team that year had no less than eight future Hall of Famers on their roster.
Modernists may try to argue that later teams performed better than the 1927 Yankees. But later teams didn't have nine inning pitchers and the caliber of opponents like the 1927 A's (in their own league) or 1927 Pirates (in the world series). Not even close.
Damn shame that Kiner and Ernie Banks never got the chance to play in the World Series. But at least Ernie got a lot closer to it than Ralph.