Bob Feller ...

cmixer · Jun 10, 2010

... has no love for Strasburg?

"Strasburg's stop in Cleveland is expected to draw the Indians' second-largest crowd this season, along with 91-year-old Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller, whose entrance into the majors as a 17-year-old in 1936 created a similar national stir.

Feller didn't seem overly excited to see Strasburg.

"Is he excited to see me? No," Feller said. "I'll be here. If he can throw 105 mph, I'll tell him to throw his changeup at 102."/

schmidtfan20 · Jun 10, 2010

few pitchers can claim to be greater than Feller, none today are still playing. When you put up the career he did
you can make cracks like that!

Kevin

RiceLynnEvans75 · Jun 10, 2010

I like the sentence alteration that you gave the quote making Feller sound like a jerk. It didn't say "Feller said", it was "Feller joked".

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp..._id=11040890&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

Sly · Jun 10, 2010

Yeah, you REALLY need to learn how to edit quotes if you're going to do this. I hardly consider this "no love"...

1. "Is he excited to see me? No," Feller joked. "[But] I'll be there."

2. "...He has a good curveball and a live fastball. He keeps his mouth shut and his eyes and ears open. That's what he should do."

3. "It's good to have somebody refreshing like this..."

4. "...But the hitters are swinging for the fences now. They used to put it in play with two strikes. Now they swing hard three times."

5. And Feller has clearly paid attention to the kid's blossoming career.

Sure, Feller's "been there and done that", but at the end of the day, Feller has positive things to say about him and as it says in the article "...Feller is in favor of any development that's good for spreading appreciation of the game. And Strasburg...certainly fits that category."

Card Magnet · Jun 10, 2010

Sly said:
Yeah, you REALLY need to learn how to edit quotes if you're going to do this. I hardly consider this "no love"...

1. "Is he excited to see me? No," Feller joked. "[But] I'll be there."

2. "...He has a good curveball and a live fastball. He keeps his mouth shut and his eyes and ears open. That's what he should do."

3. "It's good to have somebody refreshing like this..."

4. "...But the hitters are swinging for the fences now. They used to put it in play with two strikes. Now they swing hard three times."

5. And Feller has clearly paid attention to the kid's blossoming career.

Sure, Feller's "been there and done that", but at the end of the day, Feller has positive things to say about him and as it says in the article "...Feller is in favor of any development that's good for spreading appreciation of the game. And Strasburg...certainly fits that category."

You just killed the news story with your useless facts. You can tell you're no journalist.

kdailey4315 · Jun 10, 2010

schmidtfan20 said:
few pitchers can claim to be greater than Feller, none today are still playing. When you put up the career he did
you can make cracks like that!

Kevin

Agreed Moyer and Pettite are the only ones close but Feller has more wins and beter ERA.

Nice job butchering the quotes OP. Why the hatred for Feller?

Watt · Jun 10, 2010

I saw the butchered quotes posted somewhere else the same way so maybe OP just copy/pasted from there.

cmixer · Jun 11, 2010

Yes, i just cut & pasted from the web story i read ... sheesh

matfanofold · Jun 11, 2010

It's situations like this that make it apparent that anytime you are trying to directly quote someone or something you should always, if and when possible, post a direct link to the original source. Having said that, Feller has earned the right to say what ever he feels like!

JackLondon · Jun 11, 2010

Rapid Robert doesn't get anywhere near the hobby attention he should.

200lbhockeyplayer · Jun 11, 2010

kdailey4315 said:
schmidtfan20 said:

few pitchers can claim to be greater than Feller, none today are still playing. When you put up the career he did
you can make cracks like that!

Kevin

Click to expand...

Agreed Moyer and Pettite are the only ones close but Feller has more wins and beter ERA.

Nice job butchering the quotes OP. Why the hatred for Feller?

Neither Pettitte nor Moyer can hold a candle to Bob Feller. Not even close.

And also, let's not forget that Feller spent 3.5 seasons in the military during WWII, in the middle of his dominance of MLB. Can we project what he lost statistically? Probably. At least another 70+ wins (then locking him up with #11 all-time at 336) and another 800+ strikeouts (placing him with 3381+ strikeouts and #10 all-time).

Feller is one of the most overlooked truly amazing greats in baseball history.

Huffamaniac · Jun 11, 2010

Feller is great. I just love to see him interviewed. I think I am gonig to bid on a few of his cards this weekend

JackLondon · Jun 11, 2010

One of my favorite auto cards:

js0000001 · Jun 11, 2010

came in the mail yesterday

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A_Pharis · Jun 11, 2010

braden · Jun 11, 2010

I just wish Feller had some certified autos.

goldenegg1 · Jun 11, 2010

JackLondon said:
Rapid Robert doesn't get anywhere near the hobby attention he should.

I think it is because he signs so much, which I can't blame him one bit.
I would sign all day long if someone was paying me.

Pinbreaker · Jun 11, 2010

goldenegg1 said:
JackLondon said:

Rapid Robert doesn't get anywhere near the hobby attention he should.

Click to expand...

I think it is because he signs so much, which I can't blame him one bit.
I would sign all day long if someone was paying me.

That's what they will say about Ripken when he gets to be his age..

JackLondon · Jun 11, 2010

goldenegg1 said:
JackLondon said:

Rapid Robert doesn't get anywhere near the hobby attention he should.

Click to expand...

I think it is because he signs so much, which I can't blame him one bit.
I would sign all day long if someone was paying me.

Yep, he does sign a lot (I would, too, if I were him), but still seems odd that not as many people collect him.

shanks25 · Jun 11, 2010

A few years back, I shared a chili dog with Feller while we talked baseball and WWII. A truly amazing man......a great ball player and an American hero!! I Love Bob!

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