Furman Bisher takes you to yesteryear

[007]

Read the article and then the comments...

A taste

By C. Montgomery Burns
March 28, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this


Furman, my old chum!
Remember the days of yore when Three Finger Mordecai Brown dueled Christy Mathewson at the Polo Grounds? I recall one magical afternoon when Nap Lajoie hit a ball into the negro section of the stadium.


Baseball was a better time back then, when we let honest to goodness quality men with high moral standing in the game, like Ty Cobb and George Herman Ruth.

[kah]

Someone needs to lead Furman Bisher away from any and all writing implements. Him and Andy Rooney both.

[moedrabowsky]

I exchaned some emails with Bisher several years ago, which started when I asked him a question about Lewis Grizzard "Was he as funny in person as he was in his columns?" The answer was no.

He was a giant in sportswriting. Everybody gets old.

[moedrabowsky]

And he's right.

Opening Day anywhere but America is, well, un-American.

[dv6y]

And he's right.

Opening Day anywhere but America is, well, un-American.

He really is! Why would we go play baseball in a country that gave us Pearl Harbor with a team that dares trot out a Jap pitcher on opening day!!!???!?!

[dv6y]

By Hideo Takeda

March 28, 2008 3:07 PM | Link to this

Deal Westeln Devir,

Ah, Fulman Bishah. YOU DEFAME THE NATION OF JAPAN AND HER EMPERAH! DIE LOUND-EYE! You wirr diee rike the nastee buttah-stink devir you all when the mighty Japanese navy sairs into Atranta and bulns your house down! F*** your Babe Luth! Divine winds wirr take your soul to herr, lound-eye! My bayonet wirr lun led with your brood, Bishah, for your insorence!

Yours most poritery,

Lieutenant Hideo Takeda Japanese Army Zambales Mountains, Philippines.

[kah]

Furman Bisher retires, manages not to blame the Japs on his way out.

[Reggie Cleveland]

Man, I remember him from grade school. And that was a long time ago.

[dv6y]

I loved that original column.

[Moon Man]

Man, I remember him from grade school. And that was a long time ago.

Moon

[Reggie Cleveland]

Stan Fischler, too.

[007]

Stan Fischler, too.

He's still writing...

[Reggie Cleveland]

Stan Fischler, too.

He's still writing...

I figured as much.

Rick Koster!