RIP Beltin' Bill Melton (link)
by sprack (2024-12-05 13:12:40)
Edited on 2024-12-05 13:16:23

The ballplayer, not the NDN poster.

He was the first White Sox player to ever win the home run title (1971), and really the first power hitter they ever had, right before his good friend Dick Allen.

He was a really good postgame analyst in later years, with a voice like Robert Mitchum.




Sorry to hear about that...
by Scoop80  (2024-12-05 21:36:58)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

My frosh English teacher at Marist HS, a devout Sox fan, showed up for class visibly distraught in 9/72. That April, a Cub fan offered to bet him that Carmen Fanzone (CF) would hit more HR than Melton. He immediately grabbed that bet. Melton missed most of that season w/ injuries, and he ended up w/ 9 HR. CF hit his 10th in September, so my teacher had to pay the bet.

Sox had 3 HR champs in 4 years from 1971-4 after never having had 1 before. I'm not sure that they've had one since then.


Correct, they haven't had one since *
by sprack  (2024-12-06 16:47:07)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post


Need to Change My Handle
by Bill Melton  (2024-12-05 14:46:51)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

My favorite player when I was a little guy. Back injuries (not unlike Joe Crede) shortened his career.


As someone using a dead man's name here,
by G.K.Chesterton  (2024-12-05 18:29:45)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I think it would be good if you kept it.


RIP Bill *
by dwjm3  (2024-12-05 13:26:34)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post