Babe Herman

Travis Jackson, the fine giant infielder.

And Babe Herman, the Dodger outfielder.

Campanella, Mungo, Marquardt, Newcomb, Jackson, Herman.

There'll be many, many more.

the fellows who were stars when he was a kid and when he was a young baseball fan.

Already having accepted for Old Timers Day at Chase Stadium are Roy Cabanella, the great catcher for the Dodgers, Van Lingo Mungo, the great pitcher for the Dodgers, Rube Marquardt, one of the all-time great pitching stars, Don Newcomb of more recent years, Travis Jackson, the fine giant infielder, and Babe Herman, the Dodger outfielder.

Campanella, Mungo, Marquardt, Newcomb, Jackson, Herman, there'll be many, many more.

And then after the Old Tamers Day ceremonies, the Mets will play the Philadelphia Phillies and the regularly scheduled game of that day.

The Brooklyn Dodgers.

We got Babe Herman.

Who's that?

His numbers sure look like Babe Herman Ruth.

Well, look at them.

Let's, uh, put him-

In the center field, we got Jabbo Andrews.

Right field, Harry Heilmann.

There will be Hall of Famers there, Max Carey, Frankie Frisch, Carl Hubbell, Burleigh Grimes, Ed Roush.

Fellas like Don Newcombe, Carl Erskine, and Van Lingle Mungo, and Ralph Branca, Roy Campanella, and Mickey Owen, Doc Camilli, Eddie Stanky, Pee Wee Reese, and Augie Galan, Zach Wheat, Joe Medwick, Casey Stengel, Lefty O'Doul, and Babe Herman, and Carl Furillo, Sal Maglie, Rube Marquard, Jim Hearn, Hal Schumacher, Wes Westrum, Harry Danning, Paul Richards, Bubba Ginard, George Kelly, Johnny Mize, Frankie Frisch, Hughie Critz, Dave Bancroft, Dick Bartell, Travis Jackson, Freddie Lindstrom, Monte Irvin, Jo Jo Moore, Bobby Thomson.

And the Mets also will be playing the Philadelphia Phillies.

That game will come after the Old Timers ceremony Saturday afternoon at Shea Stadium.

Saturday afternoon at Shea Stadium in New York is Old Timers' Day.

And if you've been a New York baseball fan through the years, it's a pretty good bet that one of your favorites, and probably more than one of your favorites, will be on hand on Saturday afternoon.

Fellas like Babe Herman, a Brooklyn legend, who will be there.

Max Carey, who holds the modern National League record with 738 lifetime stolen bases.

If you haven't seen such a duffiness, boy, then you've gone by.

Why do you like me? was held up at second base by the third base coach, Leo DeRocher, but Tufts head down, charging at full steam like old Babe Herman used to do, rounded first, near second, before he saw that Buddy Lockman was still on the bag, and of course two runners can't occupy the same second one time, Lockman was already entitled to it.

Tufts turned around, headed full tilt back for first, couldn't make it, as Reese, taking the relay from Capco, threw him out behind him and tagged it.

Two out, one on, Lachman is second in scoring territory, and battling up there is Willie Mays, the New York Giants right-hander.

Willie Mays and Westrom do up.

But as a result, Bobby Thompson's headlong charge in the second base was widely locked when already occupying the bag.

Memories are brought to mind of Babe Herman.

who still grows green in the limbo of Brooklyn.