Baseball and Stuff, and a Guy Named Socks

    As a disclaimer, I suppose I should say that I am fortunate that in a time of a war between Russia and Ukraine, and Israel and Hamas, and a few others around the globe, and coming home from West Virginia upon a resounding defeat of my alma mater. Just a sport called college football.

    

    Changing gears for even slower pursuits:

    Baseball at the major league level has been around well over one hundred years. 

    RBIs are harder to accrue in the modern-day era than home runs. 

    This is the modern-day evolution of the game. In 2023.

    To be in the top 1,000 players of the all-time home runs or Runs-Batted-In category, you are no slouch, I say. The minimum to be in this category in RBIs is 556, that is shared by five players, to include one active player who is 31 years-old. Here they are.

    995.

Frank Bolling (12)  556 6190 R

 Chick Gandil (9)  556 4724 R 

Randal Grichuk (10, 31)  556 4261 R 

Andy Seminick (15)  556 4575 R 

Socks Seybold (9)  556 4121 R

    There you see Mr. Socks, born back in 1870, a mere five years after our great Abraham Lincoln died. He played his years from 1899 to 1908, his first year in Cincinnati and the last eight in Philadelphia, for the Athletics. Born in Washingtonville, Ohio, he is still counted among the greatest.

    Likely not for long. But it amazing he is here this much later.

    Top thousand, all time. I bet he had some good teammates.

    I think some people are worth remembering; perhaps he is one of them.

He played from age 28 to age 36. Did he have to play time in the minors? What was the baseball scene back in the 1890s?

    Maybe I should read some books or articles. The decade my grandparents were born.