Dizzy Dean – Baseball by The Letters https://www.baseballbytheletters.com Hand-written memories from those who lived The Game! Thu, 27 Oct 2016 14:16:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 22759191 St. Louis Native Bud Byerly Grew Up To Live, Pitch ‘Dizzy’ Cardinals Dream https://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2011/07/13/st-louis-native-bud-byerly-grew-up-to-live-pitch-dizzy-cardinals-dream/ https://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2011/07/13/st-louis-native-bud-byerly-grew-up-to-live-pitch-dizzy-cardinals-dream/#respond Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:19:00 +0000 http://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2011/07/13/st-louis-native-bud-byerly-grew-up-to-live-pitch-dizzy-cardinals-dream/ Read more]]> Kudos to the site
http://www.krispaulw.com/ for sharing
this great 1983 TCMA  card. I remember
retirees in the 1980s loving
to sign such obscure images.

Numbers tell only part of the story. Stats are limited.

Eldred “Bud” Byerly was born Oct. 26, 1920 in Webster Groves, Missouri. What do you ask a 90-year-old former pitcher? I wanted to know how it felt to debut for the nearby Cardinals in 1943, then participate in a World Series championship a year later.

Byerly responded:

“The Cardinals were my favorite team and Dizzy Dean was my idol.

So living in in St. Louis was great.

A couple dozen friends and family attended the games.”

Coming Thursday: Thoughts on finding baseball addresses on your own.

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