If you could travel time. Who would you have a beer with?

2012 SP COLLECT · 03-25-2014, 03:18 PM

Something fun. If you could go back in time and be given a table to sit with any player for one full hour who would you choose?

Mine would be Ty Cobb. Sit with him at a hole in the wall bar. Just the two of us. Would be interested to hear the answers he would give about his personal life and how he feels about baseball! Oh.... And also if he really killed a man!

Who would you pick? What would be the questions you had?

Player can be deceased or alive.

yrocks2001 · 03-25-2014, 03:19 PM

I would have 64 beers with Wade Boggs

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nephinfan · 03-25-2014, 03:21 PM

I would sit and relax with Roger Maris. I would like to hear about the year of 61 and find out his true thoughts/feelings about all of it. (No asterisk, as I consider him the single season HR king.)

My second choice, would be Lou Gehrig.

Bhenry4 · 03-25-2014, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by nephinfan

I would sit and relax with Roger Maris. I would like to hear about the year of 61 and find out his true thoughts/feelings about all of it. (No asterisk, as I consider him the single season HR king.)

My second choice, would be Lou Gehrig.

Exactly who came to mind immediately. The next would be Clemente, though I doubt that he drank.

Old Nap · 03-25-2014, 03:26 PM

No question... Nap Lajoie for me. The other would probably be Babe Ruth. He seemed like he was always having fun.

Firerunner4 · 03-25-2014, 03:44 PM

I also vote for Roger Maris....close second would be Christy Mathewson (He's from near where I grew up)

lazygambler · 03-25-2014, 03:46 PM

Being from South Carolina, Shoeless Joe is my answer. I want to get the nitty gritty on the scandal! Modern players, I would have to choose Beltre. Just seems like a guy who would be fun to shoot the bull with.

benjamincarm · 03-25-2014, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Bhenry4

Exactly who came to mind immediately. The next would be Clemente, though I doubt that he drank.

Clemente 100% with me too.

He was a Marine (Reserves, but I'll give it to him), a great humanitarian and from everything I've ever read, an all around class act. I would love to just say "tell me about Parris Island" and listen for 2 hours while sipping on a nice Sweetwater 420.

dhendrix1303 · 03-25-2014, 03:49 PM

DiMaggio, then try to get Monroe really drunk.

85GoCards · 03-25-2014, 03:50 PM

I'd have to say The Mick!

You know it'd be a good night drinking with the Commerce Comet.

studioU · 03-25-2014, 03:50 PM

It would have to be Babe Ruth. For one, he was a known drinker and could handle a few. For another he was at the forefront of a lot of current big issues. He was the first celebrity athlete, he was a HR hitter, he was social, he enjoyed life, he had swag and many other modern attributes. I would have to think about the questions I would ask. That conversation could go anywhere.

GoBeavs · 03-25-2014, 03:51 PM

Definitely the Babe. Seems like he was a lot of fun to hang out with.

Close 2nd would be Buck O'Neil. His story-telling in Ken Burns' Baseball was outstanding. I could listen to him talk about baseball all day long.

death2redemptions · 03-25-2014, 03:51 PM

I'd like to sit and have a debate with both Jackie Robinson and Ty Cobb. I think the conversation would be......interesting.

Ephland · 03-25-2014, 03:53 PM

If I could?

RandysHobby · 03-25-2014, 03:53 PM

Ryan Braun. So we could get drunk and I could beat his ass for being a filthy cheater.

lazygambler · 03-25-2014, 03:55 PM

OOOOO I GOT ANOTHER!!! Secretariat! So we could do the whole " a horse walks into a bar" gig! Then we would have free alcohol for the bartender being prejudice.

hoopster3977 · 03-25-2014, 03:58 PM

Billy Martin

XL5 · 03-25-2014, 04:02 PM

Rube Foster. One of the best pitchers in the history of the game, a HOF owner, manager, and league executive.

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oldgoldy97 · 03-25-2014, 04:04 PM

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If I could?

You win

Wee Willie Keeler so I could get lit up and keep saying Wee Willie all night.

calculusdork · 03-25-2014, 04:06 PM

Lou Gehrig.

dasiegel · 03-25-2014, 04:07 PM

Yea def The Babe but second would Mickey, I'd love to hear anything Babe had to say and I'd want to talk about Mantles potential and if he understood just how good he was or could be without all the drinking and partying.

maryvillereb · 03-25-2014, 04:23 PM

splendid splinter

THE(NEXT)LEVEL · 03-25-2014, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by 85GoCards

I'd have to say The Mick!

You know it'd be a good night drinking with the Commerce Comet.

Second this!

jmscoggin · 03-25-2014, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by lazygambler

Being from South Carolina, Shoeless Joe is my answer. I want to get the nitty gritty on the scandal! Modern players, I would have to choose Beltre. Just seems like a guy who would be fun to shoot the bull with.

This has gotten narrowed to sports which is cool as my brain would melt trying to figure out who out of every person ever. The first name that popped into my head was the same (Shoeless), with Ruth next up. Beltre lives within 30 minutes of me so that doesn't quite have the same allure. I am a fan though (stupid f'n Angels FO

).

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I'd like to sit and have a debate with both Jackie Robinson and Ty Cobb. I think the conversation would be......interesting.

You already know that I like the way you think. I'll just reemphasize it with some smileys.

ryanvas · 03-25-2014, 04:35 PM

Any Met on the 1986 flight back from Houston after the NLCS (next to them on flight).

Otherwise Ralph Kiner.

03-25-2014, 03:18 PM	#1
2012 SP COLLECT Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Texas Posts: 1,465 2012SPCOLLECT	If you could travel time. Who would you have a beer with? Something fun. If you could go back in time and be given a table to sit with any player for one full hour who would you choose? Mine would be Ty Cobb. Sit with him at a hole in the wall bar. Just the two of us. Would be interested to hear the answers he would give about his personal life and how he feels about baseball! Oh.... And also if he really killed a man! Who would you pick? What would be the questions you had? Player can be deceased or alive. Last edited by 2012 SP COLLECT; 03-25-2014 at 03:22 PM.

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nephinfan Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,629 nephinfan	I would sit and relax with Roger Maris. I would like to hear about the year of 61 and find out his true thoughts/feelings about all of it. (No asterisk, as I consider him the single season HR king.) My second choice, would be Lou Gehrig. __________________ "To err is human, to forgive canine." ---Anonymous.

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Old Nap Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,007 HeShootsHeScores	No question... Nap Lajoie for me. The other would probably be Babe Ruth. He seemed like he was always having fun. __________________ PC: Nap Lajoie \| Anaheim Ducks COMC - 20% auto accept all the time!\|\| OldNap \| HeShootsHeScores

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lazygambler Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: boiler room (got a few places) Posts: 5,721	Being from South Carolina, Shoeless Joe is my answer. I want to get the nitty gritty on the scandal! Modern players, I would have to choose Beltre. Just seems like a guy who would be fun to shoot the bull with. __________________ RE2PEC7

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dhendrix1303 Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 9,711	DiMaggio, then try to get Monroe really drunk. __________________ Buying: 1995 Atlanta Braves autos Pre-80's Atlanta Braves PSA Vintage

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yrocks2001 Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,072	I would have 64 beers with Wade Boggs The legend of Wade Boggs and a 64-beer road trip \| Voices

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Firerunner4 Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 12,981 RunningDad310 dppolice4	I also vote for Roger Maris....close second would be Christy Mathewson (He's from near where I grew up)

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studioU Banned Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 4,704	It would have to be Babe Ruth. For one, he was a known drinker and could handle a few. For another he was at the forefront of a lot of current big issues. He was the first celebrity athlete, he was a HR hitter, he was social, he enjoyed life, he had swag and many other modern attributes. I would have to think about the questions I would ask. That conversation could go anywhere.

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GoBeavs Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Corvallis, OR Posts: 4,955 flow20 joeflow	Definitely the Babe. Seems like he was a lot of fun to hang out with. Close 2nd would be Buck O'Neil. His story-telling in Ken Burns' Baseball was outstanding. I could listen to him talk about baseball all day long. __________________ I collect all Oregon State alumni.

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death2redemptions Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Creeping in mama's cellar Posts: 59,303 ddavisaz	I'd like to sit and have a debate with both Jackie Robinson and Ty Cobb. I think the conversation would be......interesting.

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lazygambler Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: boiler room (got a few places) Posts: 5,721	OOOOO I GOT ANOTHER!!! Secretariat! So we could do the whole " a horse walks into a bar" gig! Then we would have free alcohol for the bartender being prejudice. __________________ RE2PEC7

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dasiegel Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 27,556	Yea def The Babe but second would Mickey, I'd love to hear anything Babe had to say and I'd want to talk about Mantles potential and if he understood just how good he was or could be without all the drinking and partying. __________________ Board man. Board man gets paid.

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ryanvas Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,826 ryanvas Ryanvas	Any Met on the 1986 flight back from Houston after the NLCS (next to them on flight). Otherwise Ralph Kiner.