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17. When Ken Burns made his Baseball documentary, they found two reels of Red Sox

Reply to brush (Reply #12)

Wed Feb 8, 2023, 04:21 PM

Feb 2023

footage from the year before they sold Roth to the Yankees. They were too late. I think they only salvaged a few seconds of it. That story is in the final episode of their making of the documentary.

What a shame. If anyone would have realized that was there a couple decades before, they would have tried to preserve it. Maybe they would have saved a lot more of it.

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The legends of sports: Who was the greatest player is a matter of opinion. I look at it this way. [View all] fightforfreedom Feb 2023 OP

Wilt! NoRethugFriends Feb 2023 #1

Exactly PCIntern Feb 2023 #9

This is the point I was trying to make. This is just my way of looking at it. fightforfreedom Feb 2023 #14

Gordie Howe gets my vote. More people had bad nights because of that dude than any other. n/t brewens Feb 2023 #2

+1...👍 MiHale Feb 2023 #4

Willie Mays and Ted Williams. Williams home run total would've been... brush Feb 2023 #12

When Ruth was young he was in good shape like most young people. fightforfreedom Feb 2023 #15

When Ken Burns made his Baseball documentary, they found two reels of Red Sox brewens Feb 2023 #17

Eddie The Eagle gab13by13 Feb 2023 #3

O Rei Celerity Feb 2023 #5

Bill Russell maveric Feb 2023 #6

I think ranking players as "The greatest" is mostly mental masturbation... Caliman73 Feb 2023 #7

Different standards then and now. And different factors. LiberalFighter Feb 2023 #8

It's a toss up between the manning bros.... OneBlueDotS-Carolina Feb 2023 #10

I think it's contextual to the time the athlete's performed in but my vote would be Jim Thorpe. jalan48 Feb 2023 #11

What Jesse Owens did at the Olympics gab13by13 Feb 2023 #13

I agree. Sadly, Thorpe was stripped of his Olympic medals for playing semi-pro baseball jalan48 Feb 2023 #16

Locking after alert and discussion among forum hosts JudyM Feb 2023 #18