RIP Bill "Moose" Skowron

That's a hell of a career choice then.

 

I'm thinking they took trains when he started.

 

Not too many players as classy as Bobby Richardson. A true gentlemen.

 

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Seems like a really good guy. I am really enjoying the book. He had some nice seasons as the head baseball coach at South Carolina.

 

I've met him a few times. He is a really nice guy. He seems so at ease. It's a life well lived. he retired in his prime and went on to a highly successful managing career as you mentioned.

A lot of those guys of that era seem so grounded compared to today's players. I think a lot has to do with the money. The Old Timers had to take off season jobs to make ends meet.

 

>>>The Old Timers had to take off season jobs to make ends meet.<<<

Some of them did. It was nothing like today where players can almost get lifetime financial security out of an average baseball career, but someone who was making $40,000 in the 1960s was doing very well. A lot of guys from that era took offseason jobs to get a head start on a second career after they were done playing.

 

Bobby Richardson bought his house in Sumter, SC, for $28,000 in 1961. He lives in the same house today.