tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766775162963853142.post5534713675684641548..comments2023-11-27T12:31:26.087-05:00Comments on The Great 1965 Topps Project: #274 Lum HarrisKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334533396646438555noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766775162963853142.post-60799523744789152942021-12-28T01:07:40.352-05:002021-12-28T01:07:40.352-05:00Lum Harris ended Bob Uecker’s playing career. Bob ...Lum Harris ended Bob Uecker’s playing career. Bob was in the clubhouse, and Harris went up to him and told him “No visitors allowed.”<br /><br />The back of his card has an uncorrected error (1955).modernrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329373710412920218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766775162963853142.post-78645478319553612832021-12-21T14:07:36.540-05:002021-12-21T14:07:36.540-05:00Lum was drafted in August, 1944.
The author is c...Lum was drafted in August, 1944. <br /><br />The author is correct about the pronunciation of Luman. modernrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329373710412920218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766775162963853142.post-28052900904230001312012-12-31T11:52:09.871-05:002012-12-31T11:52:09.871-05:00Kevin:
Not only is he hatless, Lum has been layig...Kevin:<br /><br />Not only is he hatless, Lum has been layig on the Brylcreem pretty heavy on this one. Also love that shit-eating grin. <br /><br />Here are some more Brylcreem dandies:<br /><br />http://reallybadbaseballcards.blogspot.com/2012/12/good-hair-day.html<br /><br />Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766775162963853142.post-87479306752932679962010-05-24T15:43:46.581-04:002010-05-24T15:43:46.581-04:00Marc - An interesting point. Per an article I foun...Marc - An interesting point. Per an article I found online:<br /><br />"With more and more players being drafted into the armed services, the quality of major league play declined precipitously during the war as has-beens, never-wases and 4Fs populated rosters. Matters got so bad, literally, that when sportswriter Warren Brown was asked to predict the outcome of the 1945 World Series between the Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs, he famously replied, "I don't think either team is capable of winning." (The Tigers finally did in seven games.) "<br /><br />As you said, Lum could've been a 4F, but it's also possible that his number just didn't come up. Not everybody was drafted.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01334533396646438555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766775162963853142.post-24777834994752942422010-05-20T10:30:35.327-04:002010-05-20T10:30:35.327-04:00I have always wondered how a lot of players manage...I have always wondered how a lot of players managed to avoid being drafted during WW II or at least not being drafted until the end of the war. I understand that some were 4-f due to various physical disabilities (although not severe enough to prevent them from playing ball) or age, but, based on his age at death, Luman Harris would have been 26 at the time of Pearl Harbor yet didn't go into the service into 1945. I'm not saying he dodged the draft, but it's curious to me. And he wasn't the only one; Stan Musial didn't go in until 1945; of course, stars generally didn't go into combat anyway (Bob Feller was a notable exception).Marc Schneidernoreply@blogger.com