[DoughtyOne]

He was an elite defenseman, and according to the Associated Press, Doerr credited his skills to a childhood spent bouncing a rubber ball on the steps outside his house in Los Angeles.

Did the same thing in Missouri as a kid. Lived on a farm with no one around to practice with. I had several methods of playing make believe games.

Baseball has been wired into my soul since before I attended school (at 32). LOL

[alternatives?]

Wonder how much he earned during his career? He certainly didn’t make enough to have retired at 33. I wonder how much a hamburger will cost when today’s players reach 99?

[x]

Hey! You kids get off my lawn!

[Hebrews 11:6]

I looked up Bobby yesterday on BaseballReference.com to get a feel for him, since he was well before my time. I was curious why he retired suddenly at 33, but your article blames a back injury. He was helped massively by playing his home games in righty-friendly Fenway, as one would expect. He was a fine player.

[OttawaFreeper]

I got to learn a little about Bobby when watching the HBO movie “When It Was A Game”. Lovely treasure of a documentary with colour home movie footage of baseball from the 1930s thru the early to mid 1950s.

[buckalfa]

The boys of summer. 😞

[Radix]

Story was that the Red Sox had 3 retired numbers for years but when Yaz retired the nbrs as posted in right field of Fenway Park read ‘9 4 1 8’ or something close. The last World Series won by Boston was in early September, 1918. The War in Europe had evidently shortened that Season.

Ruth was traded to the Yankees the Season following that championship. That was the last World Series won by Boston in the 20th century.

When the order of the numbers was pointed out as a reminder of ‘The Curse of the Bambino’ the nbrs were rearranged. I recall thinking that it was a hoot when the story became part of the lore of Boston.

Sorry that I cannot recall all of the details of the retired shirts but the nbrs belonged to Bobby Doerr, Joe Cronin, Ted Williams, and Carl Yastrzemski.

[njslim]

Big EDD Roush lived into mid 90’s

Was member of Cincinnati Reds - played in 1919 World Series
against Chicago White (Black) Sox

Used 48 oz bat, one of the heaviest ever swung

[JohnBovenmyer]

IIRC the 2B for the team that beat Doerr in 1946 WS is now the eldest major league and hall of fame player, Red Schoendienst. Red was a rookie that year.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.