Tom Walsh on Ken Jennings' streak

[inturnaround]

The Washington Post has a great article today about Tom Walsh, whose unbreakable record stood for 21 weeks and 2 days.

From the article:

"I feel like 'Cactus Gavvy' Cravath," Walsh says. "Do you know who that is?"

No.

"Right," he says. "Nobody does. He's the guy who had the home run record before Babe Ruth came along."

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[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'inturnaround\' date=\'Jun 28 2004, 12:56 PM\'] "I feel like 'Cactus Gavvy' Cravath," Walsh says. "Do you know who that is?"

No.

"Right," he says. "Nobody does. He's the guy who had the home run record before Babe Ruth came along."
 [/quote]
 This reminds me a lot of what my hometown paper said about my appearance last week:

"The world always will respect the boxer who landed blows on Rocky Marciano, the horse that kept close to Secretariat, the swimmer who made Mark Spitz worry.

It respects them, but it forgets their names."

[CaseyAbell]

It respects them, but it forgets their names.

Ridiculous. I remember Matt Otter very well.

[uncamark]

[quote name=\'inturnaround\' date=\'Jun 28 2004, 11:56 AM\']The Washington Post has a great article today about Tom Walsh, whose unbreakable record stood for 21 weeks and 2 days.

From the article:

"I feel like 'Cactus Gavvy' Cravath," Walsh says. "Do you know who that is?"

No.

"Right," he says. "Nobody does. He's the guy who had the home run record before Babe Ruth came along." [/quote]
And with probably a heckuva lot fewer home runs than Ruth.  (Back in the early days of baseball, a player known as "Home Run Baker" hit the prodigious average of 10 to 12 dingers a year.)

ObGameShow:  "Home Run Derby," arguably, which came on the air many years after Ruth's death.

[Jimmy Owen]

[quote name=\'CaseyAbell\' date=\'Jun 28 2004, 12:59 PM\']

It respects them, but it forgets their names.

Ridiculous. I remember Matt Otter very well. [/quote]
 In some circles in Michigan, Matt is known simply as "the ott."

[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Jun 28 2004, 05:42 PM\'] [quote name=\'CaseyAbell\' date=\'Jun 28 2004, 12:59 PM\']

It respects them, but it forgets their names.

Ridiculous. I remember Matt Otter very well. [/quote]
In some circles in Michigan, Matt is known simply as "the ott." [/quote]
 Small circles.  Very small circles.

[TheInquisitiveOne]

Maybe this is just the mark in me talking, but I would love to see a special two man matchup between Tom Walsh and Mr. Ken Jennings.

Too bad their runs didn't overlap...

The Inquisitive One

(Hey, there is always the next $250,000 Tournament of Champions!)

[inturnaround]

[quote name=\'TheInquisitiveOne\' date=\'Jun 28 2004, 11:34 PM\'] Maybe this is just the mark in me talking, but I would love to see a special two man matchup between Tom Walsh and Mr. Ken Jennings.

Too bad their runs didn't overlap...

The Inquisitive One

(Hey, there is always the next $250,000 Tournament of Champions!) [/quote]
 If 64 Grand Slam ever gets off the ground, it certainly wouldn't be right to overlook either of these gentlemen for a berth.

And Ken versus Thom McKee...I'd be glued to my set. (And no matter who won, God will get his cut as both Ken and Thom believe in tithing. Everybody wins!)

[Lemonjello]

[quote name=\'inturnaround\' date=\'Jun 28 2004, 12:56 PM\'] From the article:

"I feel like 'Cactus Gavvy' Cravath," Walsh says. "Do you know who that is?"

No.

"Right," he says. "Nobody does. He's the guy who had the home run record before Babe Ruth came along."
 [/quote]
 Hmmm. Is he sure about that?

http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/HR_progress.shtml