MY FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORIES
"My biggest thrill in baseball was my first major league game. The best fielding play I've seen involved the 1949 Yankees. There was a ground ball to Phil Rizzuto in the hole. He flipped to Billy Johnson at second, who threw the runner out at first. The funniest incident in a game also involved Rizzuto, when he was caught in a run-down.
My advice to youngsters: play ball, don't watch it on TV. And to me, the most important part of baseball is pitching."
-Jim Robertson, 1955 Bowman No. 5
"Although Jim saw only part-time duty with the Athletics last year, he's staging a big battle to take over the 1st string catching job this season.
Starting with Grand Forks in 1949, he moved up to Binghamton in '52 where he hit .303 and led the league in putouts. The following season he hit .264 for Syracuse and while at Kansas City in '53 was transferred to the Athletics."
-1955 Topps No. 177
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