next year Who were these guys? A) B ill Stoneman and Rick wise B) Mike McCormick and Ken Holtzman C) Jim Maloney and Don Wilson D) Dal Canton and Ray Sadecki 4) Who recieved the most votes on the in itia l Hall of Fame b a llo t? A) Christy Mathewson B) Babe Ruth C) Honus Wagner D) Ty Cobb E) Walter Johnson 5 ) Which teams did these players begin th e ir careers w ith? A) Joe Adcock B) Rob Deer C) Norm Cash D) Lew Burdette E) T ommy John F) Roger Maris G) Graig Nettles H) B ill Madlock I) Nellie Fox J) Mordeca, 'Three Finger' Brown The season was winding down, and The big Sleep was kicking in. the necessary hibernation before spring training I was poolside at Kah-Ne-Tah, w ith a pitcher of Rob-Roys and a FedEx from Caracas when out of nowhere l was blind-sided by a wolverine, all fu r and fingernails It was screaming 'You swine' So this is what you do w ith all that expense moneyf i was entangled ,n deck furniture, but managed to extricate myself from my deranged editor a fte r several frightening moments As we squared off on the concrete deck, I could see he was obviously unbalanced ‘You crazy inkhead' Now you ve gone too far'* I shouted ‘ The season s over, I'm on vacation, so take a powder»' 'Oh, No. No. No. my lit t le cash cow You s t ill owe me one * With that he picked up an empty Tequila bottle and babbled ominously, 'And I've come to collect * He then took a swing at my melon that looked much like Derrick May trying to fight off a curveball He sprained his w ris t on the forehead of the w aiter who had just showed up for a cocktail order As he began bounding about the pool keening in pain and despondency, I knew it was no good I was locked in 'My advertisers' My cred itors'' 'Never mind that,'I snarled, 'We have work to do' ' I f you 're not having fun In b a s e b a ll, you m is s the p o in t of e v e ry th in g * -C h ris C h am b liss I know, w inter is a pretty scary thing, what w ith all those foot and basket and hockey type objects and people fla ilin g about out there But there's a stout fellow , spring w ill come, and before you know It In the meantime, I suggest the follow ing ice-season reading lis t 'The Glory of Their Times' Lawrences R itte r (Quill-Morrow) National West Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco C e n tra l Chicago Cincinnati Houston Pittsburg St Louis East Atlanta Florida New York Montreal Philadelphia 'The Ultim ate Baseball Book" Daniel Okrent and Hartss Lewine (Houghton M iff lin /H illto w n ) 'The Fireside Book of Baseball* - - Highest recommendation Charles Einstein (Simon & Schuster) American West California Oakland Seattle Texas C e n tra l Chicago Detroit Kansas City Milwaukee Minnesota And If that's not enough, develop a personal research project, something like, 'Curt Flood vs The Vagaries of The Supreme C ourt' Have a good w inter I remain yours, East Baltimore Boston Cleveland New York Toronto Mr Baseball This Is your game next year, what do you think? 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