Guest youmustbe Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 For those of you who are real Americans and foolow baseball...a little tidbit...the LA Dodgers' All Star catcher Russell Martin...one of his middle names is Coltrane...Pops who is black was a jazz fan, and still is...mom is white...sound familiar? Quote
DukeCity Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 That whole jazz/baseball name connection has been going on for a long time. They just didn't always report the ballplayers' full names: Babe Ruth Brown Dizzy Gillespie Dean Pete Candoli Fountain Rose Ted Joe Williams The list goes on... Quote
tkeith Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 For those of you who are real Americans and foolow baseball...a little tidbit...the LA Dodgers' All Star catcher Russell Martin...one of his middle names is Coltrane...Pops who is black was a jazz fan, and still is...mom is white...sound familiar? Pops was not just a fan, but actually made his living busking. Quote
Mark Stryker Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 (edited) Willie Mays Smith Mark (the Bird) Fidrych Red Dick Allen (ouch) Walter Sy Johnson John Kirby Puckett Pee Wee Russell Reece Jackie McLean Robinson Roy Campanella Haynes Philly Joe Torre Chet Baker Lemon Edited January 31, 2009 by Mark Stryker Quote
T.D. Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 For those of you who are real Americans and foolow baseball...a little tidbit...the LA Dodgers' All Star catcher Russell Martin...one of his middle names is Coltrane...Pops who is black was a jazz fan, and still is...mom is white...sound familiar? Pops was not just a fan, but actually made his living busking. There was a big article on Martin in Sports Illustrated a couple of years ago. Went into detail on the family background. He's from Montreal iirc. Quote
Spontooneous Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 And further on up the road, there was Vida Blue Bland. Quote
Guest youmustbe Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 I forget who told me...Roy Campanella was at Small's Paradise with a chick the night before he crashed his car drunk and unfortunately left himself paralyzed. And of course, Wilt Chamberlain, who not only became owner of Small's, used to go to Birdland. The old days. At Big Wilt's Smalls' paradise they use to have a weight room where some of the NY Giants' players used to go to lift weights. Quote
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