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08-13-2009, 09:05 AM
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Matt's Dad
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Great picture of Klu I'd never seen
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mul...content.7.html
Looks like it must have been in 1955 as that is the only year they wore that particular cap.
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08-13-2009, 09:11 AM
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Re: Great picture of Klu I'd never seen
Awesome pic, Randy.
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08-13-2009, 09:13 AM
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Re: Great picture of Klu I'd never seen
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I remember several years ago people gave Deion Sanders crap about adjusting the sleeves on his uniform to make them somewhat shorter. I wonder what folks would say about Klu if he were playing and did that these days?
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08-13-2009, 09:19 AM
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Matt's Dad
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Re: Great picture of Klu I'd never seen
For Klu, it was function over style. Deion was stylin' and giving props to Jackie Robinson, if I remember correctly.
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08-13-2009, 09:26 AM
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Matt's Dad
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Re: Great picture of Klu I'd never seen
I have heard tales that MLB wasn't crazy about big Ted cutting off his sleeves, but then again, I don't think they wanted to argue with those biceps.
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08-13-2009, 09:27 AM
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Re: Great picture of Klu I'd never seen
It's hard to believe, but Big Klu was smaller than Scott Rolen.
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08-13-2009, 09:30 AM
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Re: Great picture of Klu I'd never seen
I went to ST in the late 70's and will never forget walking up to Klu and getting his autograph. The man was an absolute monster.
I remember seeing pics of him and Bench arm wrestling in the locker room. I can't see anyway JB coulda beat Klu.
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08-13-2009, 09:30 AM
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Re: Great picture of Klu I'd never seen
Great photo, Randy. I always love reading about Big Klu.
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08-13-2009, 09:32 AM
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Re: Great picture of Klu I'd never seen
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08-13-2009, 09:35 AM
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Re: Great picture of Klu I'd never seen
Those are some interesting uni's in general. They look like flannel pajamas with a belt.
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08-13-2009, 09:36 AM
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Re: Great picture of Klu I'd never seen
It's a shame the Reds are now so Klu-less...
(but great picture - thanks for posting it)
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08-13-2009, 09:39 AM
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Re: Great picture of Klu I'd never seen
Excellent picture. It's rare to get a color photo with that type of detail from that time period, and that makes this photo all the more better.
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08-13-2009, 09:54 AM
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08-13-2009, 10:01 AM
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Matt's Dad
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Re: Great picture of Klu I'd never seen
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 Can you imagine playing in the middle of the summer in wool flannel? That had to be tough. I have never figured out how they got them clean from day to day. Being wool, you would think that they had to send them out to be dry cleaned.
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08-13-2009, 10:05 AM
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Rally Onion!
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Re: Great picture of Klu I'd never seen
The Reds could sell tickets to the game and to the gun show when Klu played.
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