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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Mar 26, 2019 18:03:43 GMT
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Post by staggerstag on Mar 26, 2019 18:21:20 GMT
I like how the men holding the bats are called 'sluggers'. It gives them a bruising bar-room brawler feel like in the old black and white films set in Chicago.
And I always believed that the name 'Bilko' was invented for Sgt Ernie Bilko in The Phil Silvers Show.
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Post by fjenkins on Mar 26, 2019 19:07:15 GMT
I bet his nickname was Sgt.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Mar 26, 2019 20:13:05 GMT
I bet his nickname was Sgt. Stag is right. The character was named after Steve Bilko. Bilko might have been the last great minor league star. He was a true god in LA. He was bigger than Mantle, Williams or Musial. The PCL was nearly a major league. It had farm teams, baseball cards and fans who followed it more than the majors. Lots of players were stars in the Coast League and preferred it to the majors. Better to be a legend for the LA Angels or SF Seals than toil for the Browns or Senators. And all that came to an end after Bilko's last year, when the Dodgers and Giants moved west.
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Post by fjenkins on Mar 26, 2019 20:46:19 GMT
I bet his nickname was Sgt. Stag is right. The character was named after Steve Bilko. Bilko might have been the last great minor league star. He was a true god in LA. He was bigger than Mantle, Williams or Musial. The PCL was nearly a major league. It had farm teams, baseball cards and fans who followed it more than the majors. Lots of players were stars in the Coast League and preferred it to the majors. Better to be a legend for the LA Angels or SF Seals than toil for the Browns or Senators. And all that came to an end after Bilko's last year, when the Dodgers and Giants moved west.
Damn, this book is not at my library.
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