Here is what I possess to contribute to BBF's understanding and acknowledgement of my favorite pitcher, Christy Mathewson (if I wasn't Tyrus4189Cobb I'd be MattytheMaster). I am still completing it, posting a little at a time so people can read to their leisure and not have to absorb an overwhelming 1000 word post. I will also be adding more once the framework is set. The same stuff was posted by myself in the "Christy Mathewson Thread," but it received no attention, much to my frustration because people constantly whine about this forum's loss of intellectual historical input. I hope more people will come to recognize Matty as the crafty master he was, long forgotten. The next post starts part one of The Big Six Chronicles.
Sources:
-SABR Bio here
-SABR's Twenty Greatest Blunders of the Deadball Era (only a mention)
-Bill James' and Rob Neyer's Guide to Pitchers
-Ray Robinson's Matty: An American Hero (this is the biggest one)
-Christy Mathewson's Pitching in a Pinch
-Micharl Hartley's Christy Mathewson
-Mike Vaccaro's First Fall Classic
-Various clippings from early 20th century papers/periodicals (usually used in Robinson's , Neyer/James', or Hartley's books)
-Knowledge I've accrued over time
Contents (work in progress)
Post #2-27……….Mathewson's Bio
Post #28………….Pictures of Matty (work in progress)
Post #33…………Legacy
Sources:
-SABR Bio here
-SABR's Twenty Greatest Blunders of the Deadball Era (only a mention)
-Bill James' and Rob Neyer's Guide to Pitchers
-Ray Robinson's Matty: An American Hero (this is the biggest one)
-Christy Mathewson's Pitching in a Pinch
-Micharl Hartley's Christy Mathewson
-Mike Vaccaro's First Fall Classic
-Various clippings from early 20th century papers/periodicals (usually used in Robinson's , Neyer/James', or Hartley's books)
-Knowledge I've accrued over time
Contents (work in progress)
Post #2-27……….Mathewson's Bio
Post #28………….Pictures of Matty (work in progress)
Post #33…………Legacy
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