Baseball Players of Yesterday:

Naked in the Locker Room

We are in the  heat of the play-off games, as the teams are working their way to the World Series.

 Yesterday we saw Mike Napoli  dousing himself in champagne and beer in locker room their win in the first round of the play-offs.  Yes, he is shirtless and sexy, but the players of yesterday were more willing to show more in the locker room.  Today, we might get a quick flash of a players bare ass or maybe even of their cock, but it is never posed or planned like these baseball greats of yesterday.  Enjoy this trip back in time!

 From: Huston Press

Bob Feller
A Hall of Famer and Cleveland Indian legend,
Feller was known as "Rapid Robert" for his fastball.
And possibly "Smilin' Bob" for his reaction whenever
some guy took his picture in the shower.

 Robert William Andrew Feller (November 3, 1918 – December 15, 2010), nicknamed "The Heater from Van Meter," "Bullet Bob," and "Rapid Robert," was an American baseball pitcher who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians. Feller pitched from 1936 to 1941 and from 1945 to 1956, interrupted only by a four-year sojourn in the Navy. In a career spanning 570 games, Feller pitched 3,827 innings and posted a win–loss record of 266–162, with 279 complete games, 44 shutouts, and a 3.25 earned run average (ERA).

A prodigy who bypassed the minor leagues, Feller first played for the Indians at the age of 17. His career was interrupted by four years of military service in World War II during which he served as Chief Petty Officer aboard the USS Alabama. Feller became the first pitcher to win 24 games in a season before the age of 21. During his career, he threw no-hitters in 1940, 1946, and 1951. Feller also recorded 12 one-hitters (his no-hitters and one-hitters were records at the time of his retirement). He helped the Indians win a World Series title in 1948 and an American League-record 111 wins and the pennant in 1954. Feller led the American League in wins six times and in strikeouts seven times. In 1946, he recorded 348 strikeouts, a total not exceeded for 27 years. An eight-time All-Star, Feller was ranked 36th on Sporting News's list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players and was named the publication's "greatest pitcher of his time". He was a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999.

Baseball Hall of Fame member Ted Williams called Feller "the fastest and best pitcher I ever saw during my career." Hall of Famer Stan Musial believed he was "probably the greatest pitcher of our era." He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962 on his first ballot appearance; at the time only three players ever had a higher percentage of ballot votes. He was elected the inaugural President of the Major League Baseball Players' Association and participated in exhibition games which featured players from both the Major and Negro Leagues. Feller died at the age of 92 in 2010.

​Dell Crrandall
Bats right, throws right, dresses left.
Crandall was a Gold Glove-winning catcher played
mostly for the Boston/Milwaukee Braves in the `50s and early `60s.
Hit a homer in the World Series one year.
At least he knew to keep his shoulders covered.

 Delmar Wesley Crandall (born March 5, 1930 in Ontario, California) is a former professional baseball catcher and manager in Major League Baseball who played most of his career with the Boston & Milwaukee Braves. Considered one of the National League's top catchers during the 1950s and early 1960s, he led the league in assists a record-tying six times, in fielding percentage four times and in putouts three times.

Hal Newhouser
​Newhouser played for the Ti --
WHY THE HELL ARE YOU HOLDING THIS NAKED MAN UP, DUDES!!?!?!
And where are your hands?
Anyway, Newhouser played for the Tigers and Indians and became,
according to Wikipedia, a scout for the Astros.
He discovered Derek Jeter;
the Astros ignored his advice and took Phil Nevin.

 Harold "Prince Hal" Newhouser (May 20, 1921 – November 10, 1998) was an American pitcher for Major League Baseball who played 17 seasons from 1939 to 1955, mostly with the Detroit Tigers of the American League. Newhouser was considered to be the most dominating pitcher of the World War II era of baseball, winning a pitcher's triple crown for the Tigers in 1945.

Joe DiMaggio
Joltin' Joe!! The Yankee Clipper!!
He did Marilyn Monroe with that thing!!!

 Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio (/dɨˈmɑːʒioʊ/ or /dɨˈmædʒioʊ/; November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999), born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio, nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper", was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees. He is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak (May 15 – July 16, 1941), a record that still stands.

DiMaggio was a three-time MVP winner and an All-Star in each of his 13 seasons. During his tenure with the Yankees, the club won ten American League pennants and nine World Series championships.

At the time of his retirement, he ranked fifth in career home runs (361) and sixth in career slugging percentage (.579). He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955, and was voted the sport's greatest living player in a poll taken during the baseball centennial year of 1969.

His brothers Vince and Dom also became major league center fielders.

Mell Ott
That's Mel Ott on the left, we're told.
The player on the right with whom the legendary Giant is showering is unnamed.
Ott, of course, is a Hall of Famer,
not to mention a boon to crossword-puzzle creators everywhere.
Plus he knew how to keep his dick from being photographed.

Melvin Thomas Ott (March 2, 1909 – November 21, 1958), nicknamed "Master Melvin", was a Major League Baseball right fielder. He played his entire career for the New York Giants (1926–1947). Ott was born in Gretna, Louisiana. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. The first National League player to surpass 500 home runs, he was unusually slight of stature for a power hitter, at 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m), 170 pounds (77 kg).