You could say this about quite a few other players of the same era, but if Johnny Pesky hadn’t lost three prime years of his career to World War II, there’s a good chance that he’d be in the Hall of Fame.
He faded badly toward the end, but when he was good, he was very good.
August 14th, 2012 at 12:28 am
it is a sad day… a great Red Sox
August 14th, 2012 at 12:45 pm
A sad day, but a great life lived well.
August 22nd, 2012 at 12:13 pm
You could say this about quite a few other players of the same era, but if Johnny Pesky hadn’t lost three prime years of his career to World War II, there’s a good chance that he’d be in the Hall of Fame.
He faded badly toward the end, but when he was good, he was very good.