Bob Feller? He's a helluva good guy.
Tex 3, Cle 2, bot 2nd
Posted on 07/05/2004 4:43:53 PM PDT by RWR8189
Feller reaches back in time and fires another 100mph fastball for a strike.
Ive read about Feller. A true American hero.
Bob Feller? He's a helluva good guy.
Tex 3, Cle 2, bot 2nd
Good deal. I don't know how any honorable man can support Kerry. Good to see a good guy like this is supporting Bush.
If you are passing through Iowa on I-80 stop at Feller's hometown of Van Meter --just west of Des Moines. The locals have a very nice museum and a lot of Feller autographed memorabilia for sale. John Wayne's home town, Winterset, is also close by and also the famed covered bridges of Madison County. A former Iowegian.
Wonderful endorsement from Bob Feller... a true American hero.
Paragraph from website relating to Bob Feller: "[USS] ALABAMA’s most famous sailor was Robert “Bullet Bob” Feller, who was chosen Major League Baseball’s Best Right Handed Pitcher in the 20th century! Feller, an All-Star with the Cleveland Indians before Pearl Harbor, enlisted and served 34 months aboard BB-60 as a Chief Petty Officer in charge of one of the 40mm gun mounts, before returning to baseball and an outstanding career."
As a pitcher growing up in the '60s, Bob Feller was the guy I tried to emulate. All I wanted to do was throw a baseball so hard that the batter couldn't see it. (The story goes that on one particular day when Feller was at the top of his game, an umpire called a strike on a batter who turned to the ump and said, "That pitch sounded a little low.")
Anyways, it is certainly good to know that Bob is as intelligent and savvy about the nation's well-being as he was about pitching. May God bless Bob Feller.
Feller's endorsement is worth as much as Roger Clemons'. In other words, not much. And before you cite his war experience, they will cite Kerry's to you. Be consistent, folks. Who cares what Bob Feller thinks?
About a million people older and wiser than you, I'd say.
Can anyone name 'em?
Actually, lots of non-political types pay attention to the endorsements of celebrities. Since Hollywood is all-out for Kerry, it is good to see some celebrity endorsements for President Bush...especially a Hall of Famer with a sterling war record.
Alva Bradley and Bill Veeck?
Yup! But you forgot that young Clevelander who watched the game throught a knot hole in the outfield fence. He was a minority owner during the 40s and you might have heard of him....Bob Hope!!!
I was fortunate to visit USS Alabama at Mobile Harbor in the mid-80's. If you want to see a fully-restored battleship, that's the ticket. In one of my photo albums I have a picture of a bunk aboard the ship, with a plaque above it that says "Bob Feller slept here".
He honed his pitching arm while doing farm work.
The statue of Bob Feller at Jacobs Field.
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