The Ballplayer

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Peter Madden

Күн бұрын

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@rickstanford8439 3 жыл бұрын

Outstanding story. He was an example of the greatness of baseball and the importance of a strong family!

@acousticshadow4032 3 жыл бұрын

Gene Madden was the flip side of the coin to Moonlight Graham, who got to play in the field for one game, but never got an AB. I love this era of Base Ball, and Peter did a super job here telling his GGF's story.

@elisabeth8437 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. My mom is related to Honus Wagner. She used to tell me wonderful stories about him. I love seeing him on the internet. If my mom was still alive she’d be in tears seeing so much love for Honus.

@gl3866 6 жыл бұрын

thank you for this.. i enjoyed every minute of it, your great grandfather's story was fascinating, and you told it wonderfully.. you also found some remarkable clips from the historic dead ball era that i've never seen before.. simply beautiful!...thank you again, ever so much!

@petermadden7081 5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you liked it!

@alexhaggerty39 4 жыл бұрын

gene madden was a class act his skill and morality as a man is timeless . WOULDNT IT BE NICE TO HAVE HIM TODAY .

@tvcommercials7385 5 ай бұрын

Very interesting. The side stories on other players and the story of his entire life are definitely worth watching.

@Razorbacks1 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding video, glad I watched it. Great era in baseball.

@richardwentworth439 2 ай бұрын

Great video, Peter. I'm working on a similar video about my wife's grandfather, Bill Doak, who played from 1912-1929 for the cardinals and dodgers. Would love to pick your brain on your extensive video and still image sources and more generally, how you put together the video. If you're willing, let me know via these comments and I'll send you email or social media contact information. Thanks in advance.

@petermadden6972 Ай бұрын

Happy to answer any questions.

@brianodonnell514 3 жыл бұрын

I loved this story. I was born in Wheeling in 1963, lived my first few years in Elm Grove, and am a baseball junkie. Thanks for sharing your story!

@petermadden7081 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it Brian.

@danischeel4846 4 жыл бұрын

Great video& great story! Thanks for posting!

@fr6313 8 жыл бұрын

Hi. Thanks for the video. I've always had a fascination with this era. As a boy growing up I met and became friends with Joe Wood and Duffy Lewis who were on the 1912 Red Sox. Wood was with the Red Sox when Cy Young was there in 1908. Wood was 19 and Young was in his 40's. In 1912 Wood faced Mathewson in the World Series. I'm sure there are alot of great stories in your family about your great grandfather and his playing days and the players he played with

@FrontDesk-xl8zq 6 ай бұрын

so cool!!! who are you?? lol

@deadlyoneable Жыл бұрын

This was good. Music is a little annoying at times, but I still liked it.

@JohnAllen-gg1oz Ай бұрын

Annoying and way too loud!!!

@oceanside62 4 жыл бұрын

What a great story. Wish it was a movie!!

@jorgeb555 3 жыл бұрын

I found your video while searching for a Honus Wagner documentary. How delightful! Congratulations on putting together such a professional account of your great grandfather‘s baseball career and life. What a treat to have had the opportunity to play with and against all of those greats! And just like with Moonlight Graham, the most important part of his life was yet to come. Thank you for your effort. Really enjoyed it.

@zeldafreak1975 Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this one too, and also was looking for a Wagner doc. There must not be one on here, huh? Not even the clip from the Ken Burns one. Kind of a shame.

@ryderferenc9375 7 жыл бұрын

Damn. 1915 was a hell of year for your gramps. Nice.

@rjperfetto584 4 жыл бұрын

Now this was a rivetting down history memory lane, like A REAL LIFE THE NATURAL, MUCH RESPECTS TO YOUR GREAT GRAND FATHERS LEGACY. Thank you sharing this journey and stories with us. Regards

@paulhelman2376 Жыл бұрын

I would recommend the film "The Busher" that has the same spirit. Silent around 1919.

@harvbanger 4 жыл бұрын

Tremendous. Thx for sharing.

@TonysMusic1974 3 ай бұрын

Enjoyed this. The music in the background was too distracting.

@MikeyD22 7 жыл бұрын

Love this! Thanks a lot for posting!

@petermadden7081 7 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

@munchkin9614 5 жыл бұрын

A buddy of mine’s great-grandfather played for Cleveland in the early 1920s. His name was Lefty Odenwald. He didn’t get to play long in the majors, but at least he got to play in the bigs. From what I’ve heard is that he once struck out Babe Ruth. Now that’s pretty cool.

@nik040271 4 жыл бұрын

Have you ever researched the possibility? I do not like being the bearer of bad news, but Lefty Odenwald pitched against the Yankees on one occassion. He came in to relieve Stan Coveleski and ended up facing the Babe for two plate appeareances. Babe Ruth drew a base on balls his first at bat in the bottom of the 4th, with Roger Peckinpaugh on 1st and Braggo Roth on 2nd, sending Roth to 3rd and Peck to 2nd on the walk. He did have a nice inning facing the Yankees in the bottom of the 6th getting Peckinpaugh to ground out, and enticing Babe to popout to 1B in foul territory, and getting Wally Pipp to popout to LF in foul territory! No strikeout of the legendary Babe Ruth, but still a few innings of which to be proud! Lefty also had a great bottom of 7th, going 3 up 3 down with a popout to 1b in foul territory of another pretty well known hall of famer, Frank Homerun Baker! I'm sure not many people can say they got Babe Ruth and Frank Baker to popout foul to 1B in consecutive innings! Appreciate you mentioning Lefty Odenwald, this type of research is awesome fun! If you'd like to check out the play-by-play, I've provided a link. Pretty neat stuff! And instead of wondering if Lefty ever struck out Babe Ruth, now you know he got the Babe to popout to 1B, likely on one of Babe's vicious HR swings! :) Oh, and Lefty did have one strikeout in his work that day! He struck out Yankee pitcher Bob Shawkey in the bottom of the 5th, after Shawkey had struck Lefty out in the top of the inning! Hope you enjoy going over the box score and play by play. Imagine being there that day to watch! www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA192106070.shtml

@munchkin9614 4 жыл бұрын

Unless he struck him out in a scrimmage probably. Cause according to the family he once did. They don’t know if was during a regular season game or not.

@TheBatugan77 Жыл бұрын

@@nik040271 That's not bad news! 0 for 1 with a walk against Babe Ruth? Way to go GRAMPS! 👍👍👍🤠🤠🤠

@TheBatugan77 5 жыл бұрын

If not for Honus Wagner, your great grandpa is another Moonlight Graham. Great story.

@petermadden7081 5 жыл бұрын

You're right. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@TheBatugan77 2 жыл бұрын

@@kenmiraski8824 No comment... To your no comment.

@Breeder333 4 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed it.

@df5295 5 жыл бұрын

How high was the grass that they couldn't find the ball?

@petermadden7081 5 жыл бұрын

Somewhere I have a newspaper pic of that play. It looks like it is 4" high

@carywest9256 3 жыл бұрын

@@petermadden7081 Someone must have borrowed the lawnmower without permission. I bet the groundskeeper caught a lot of flak for that.

@JohnAllen-gg1oz Ай бұрын

Can't understand the guy through the loud music.

@TheBatugan77 11 күн бұрын

You can't understand the big words. Get a grownup to help. 😅

@tjjanosko133 4 жыл бұрын

Great story

@joaquinacosta3718 8 жыл бұрын

ty cobb greatest player

@TheBatugan77 5 жыл бұрын

Be quiet, Joaquin.

@TheBatugan77 Жыл бұрын

Joaqoff.

@mariabernal2891 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like he fit in perfectly with the maga crowd today

@TheBatugan77 2 жыл бұрын

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@TheBatugan77 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds you'd fit nicely in a trash can. Head first.

@mariabernal2891 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBatugan77 i Sense anger and frustration may you have a nice life anyway long live the first amendment It applys to everyone in this country

@johnsimko3379 Жыл бұрын

First amendment guarantees free speech from the government not society. There are consequences for running your mouth in the real world.

@teddyjackeddy6279 Ай бұрын

Always got to be one in every crowd. Funny NAACP was giving Trump awards til he ran as a Republican.

@areguapiri 3 жыл бұрын

I was enjoying the story until it was revealed that Gene Madden had a deep hatred of black people and threatened to injure any black player he had to play against.

@michaelrisman3199 3 жыл бұрын

Yes it ruined the storey for me also.Went from thinking I love the old baseball lifes and tails to horses ass real quick.Ya I know different time bullshit.

@petermadden7081 3 жыл бұрын

I just thought I would try and explain something about my great-grandfather. First of all I never met the man as he died long before I was born. I read through every newspaper article I could find and included everything I found out whether it was good or bad. When my great uncle watched the movie the first thing he said was that he wished I never made mention about the article about him not wanting to play against African Americans. He did not believe it. He said that he never heard his father make a racist statement and said that he probably said what he did to avoid going on the barnstorming tour. That he more likely wanted to spend time with his future wife before returning to West Virginia. It still doesn't take away what he said but I can only go by what people who knew him tell me. I regret even putting it in the movie.

@michaelrisman3199 3 жыл бұрын

@@petermadden7081 I think you set out to tell a storey and did a great job Peter.Your aim wasn't to paint the best picture it was to tell a mans storey.What your great uncle has said sounds reasonable to me as I doubt it would never be brought out at home if someone possessed such hate.Cheers!

@quietstrm11 3 жыл бұрын

No need to apologize for being honest. It adds to your credibility, and the credibility of this presentation. You did a great job. 👍

@TheBatugan77 2 жыл бұрын

I'm over it.