Comments on: Bob Oldis: 8 Decades in Pro Baseball https://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2010/04/23/bob-oldis-8-decades-in-pro-baseball-2/ Hand-written memories from those who lived The Game! Thu, 27 Oct 2016 14:20:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: Don Gurniak https://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2010/04/23/bob-oldis-8-decades-in-pro-baseball-2/#comment-67975 Tue, 29 May 2012 05:53:39 +0000 http://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2010/04/23/bob-oldis-8-decades-in-pro-baseball-2/#comment-67975 I’m a catcher from b.c Canada and had the great fortune to play for coach Oldis in Watertown S.D. 1971.It was the best time of my pro career.I learned so much about catching during spring training and that season from coach Oldis.I will always remember his family out at Lake Kampeska.Coach was funny, fair,and tough as nails.I will remember him showing me his throwing hand and he was missing half of his pointer finger,and he threw out M Wills twice.I will never forget you.I still teach the same fundamentals of catching that he taught me.

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