Back in the old days before the internet, getting a player's batting average, or the current full roster, or really any statistic, required access to a good daily paper and perhaps the town library. I used to buy the Red Sox yearbooks every year to get stats and pictures of my favorite players and all of the stuff we can get now with just a few mouse clicks. Here's a page from the 1979 Red Sox yearbook, the full team preseason roster!
I recognize many famous names on that roster, including THE YAZ!
ReplyDeleteMy youngest son learned how to read insanely early because he was a huge sports fan (quoting stats by the time he was 3 1/2) and I would no longer read him the box scores while he ate breakfast and would make him wait until his dad was home in the evening. Some things just can't wait, I suppose.
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