Bob Feller: The Mike Wallace Interview

[csh19792001]

Feller was well ahead of his time when it came to the business of baseball and the reserve clause.

This interview took place in 1957. Wallace was no Larry King- tenacious and unrelenting!!!

Enjoy!!

Link

[csh19792001]

This is a genuine piece of baseball history. Quite a bit of content covering many subjects.

I can't believe there are no reactions or comments here!!!

[sturg1dj]

the cigarette ads are amazing

it blows my mind what they got away with

[Macker]

I thought Feller gave great answers. I was surprised at all the facial ticks. For a minute there, I thought I was watching Truman Capote.

[sturg1dj]

its amazing to me how players like Feller and Jim Bunning were so into players' rights and the union...yet now they both are very much on the right wing of politics in our country.

[SHOELESSJOE3]

Very Good, excellent. Mike was throwing some real hardballs and in most cases Bob knocked them out.

As for Bob having a different attitude today, no mystery there. In his days players were in a bad position most of them, income and the owners had the upper hand. I think he views "some" modern players differently than those of his time, it's a different world.

[sturg1dj]

Very Good, excellent. Mike was throwing some real hardballs and in most cases Bob knocked them out.

As for Bob having a different attitude today, no mystery there. In his days players were in a bad position most of them, income and the owners had the upper hand. I think he views "some" modern players differently than those of his time, it's a different world.

i wasn't necessarily saying his views have changed...I was kind of pointing out that there was a time where you could be a Republican and also pro-union.

[SHOELESSJOE3]

i wasn't necessarily saying his views have changed...I was kind of pointing out that there was a time where you could be a Republican and also pro-union.

Yes it was like that at one time.
Someone mentioned all the cigarette commercials. Just the other day I watched a program and they showed a commercial where the message was smoking Kool cigarettes can have a soothing effect on the smoker, relax them. The spokesman was a doctor.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

its amazing to me how players like Feller and Jim Bunning were so into players' rights and the union...yet now they both are very much on the right wing of politics in our country.

Why is it so amazing? True conservatism, not phony 21st century "conservatism", is all about the individual's rights. Great Feller interview. I liked the part where Wallace quoted Ford Frick about the fallout of allowing free agency, that the rich teams woudl grab up all the best players. How ironic that the Yankees were in the midst of winning 15 American League pennants in 17 years.

[EdTarbusz]

its amazing to me how players like Feller and Jim Bunning were so into players' rights and the union...yet now they both are very much on the right wing of politics in our country.

They could be the most anti-union guys around, for all we know. They were, however, addressing a situation that affected them directly.

[AutographCollector]

I'm going to watch the entire video now. Just listening to Mike Wallace pitching an ad for Phillip Morris...

[AutographCollector]

I liked "Rapid Robert"'s reply to the bean ball question. I would have always figured him to have thrown one or two in his day.

[csh19792001]

There was a time where you could be a Republican and also pro-union.

I think you mean conservative yet still pro-union.

Which, believe it or not, many people today are.

[sturg1dj]

I think you mean conservative yet still pro-union.

Which, believe it or not, many people today are.

nope I mean Republican


there are a large amount of union employees that are conservative...I get that. The thing is that many vote Democrat because 'historically' dems are pro-union

its just like a large amount of african americans are socially conservative yet vote democrat.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Feller was well ahead of his time when it came to the business of baseball and the reserve clause.

This interview took place in 1957. Wallace was no Larry King- tenacious and unrelenting!!!

Enjoy!!

Link

Chris,

Just curious but how did you find this historical gem?