The Immortals 

What amazes me is the depth of honesty of the people in those days. He sent the man in the business the cover with 9 signatures on it. The man knew the value of the item and he put it in the safe to protect it till Grover Cleveland came and would sign it and then he sent it back. HOW HONEST this man was with a complete stranger. Today they would just tell the guy it got lost in the mail and they never got. Then they would cash it in for themselves. But not back then! We are missing that in today's world where everything is about I, ME, MINE, AND THE MONEY.

I love stories like this...

Thank you for sharing your memories, Sir.

Wonderful story. I don't know if this could happen today, for many reasons. Wonderful......Thank You.

I can only imagine what those signatures would be appraised for. both singularly and collectively. WOW!!!

I've been to Cooperstown, and my daughter and I saw it together. Nice memories!

Holy smokes what a tale, thank you for sharing this

This is the coolest thing I've seen in years. What a great story!

Went to the HOF for Mickey & Whitey's induction. Met Satchel Paige, Warren Spahn, Phil Rizzuto and others outside the Otesaga Hotel. It was like a real life Field of Dreams... BEFORE the movie came out! If you haven't been...go!

I grew up in Philly in the 50's and 60's. My father's father was the telegraph key operator at Shibe Park, later called Connie Mack Stadium. Since my dad (b. 1918) got to watch Ruth, Cobb, Gehrig, Foxx, Simmons, Grove , Cochrane and more, I grew up on stories from the horse's mouth. And his dad told him stories of the 1900-1924 Athletics and Phillies, which he passed on to me. Dad had an autographed baseball signed by the entire 1931 World Champion Athletics, with all signatures in blue except for Mack, the manager, whose signature was in red. That ball was stolen from him around 1943, while he was fighting Nazis and Rommel in Africa and Italy. As a kid, Strat-O-Matic brought it to me by being able to play and manage the Hall Of Fame players featured in this film. BTW, it was great to see George Sisler on film finally. Nobody talks about this great player any more. He was like Don Mattingly but with a base-stealer's speed. Thanks so much for getting this treasure and giving it to us!

OMGOODNESS!! What a great story about a great time in baseball & our USA!! Try & do that today w/some of these bums for baseball players!! Beautiful Grandfather, but we’ve lost our way.

What a nice story. Super grandfather, too.

Living history! Can you imagine dropping a card in the mail with all those signatures and hoping it came back!?! 😬

Great video! Thank you for sharing.

Babe Ruth was the youngest of the original Hall of Fame inductees. He had retired only the previous season, 1935. Which gives you an idea of his stature at the time, which was at the top.

Nice to see the good penmanship the guys had back then, especially Babe Ruth. 🙂

My wife surprised me one year for Xmas by getting me the picture depicted in the thumbnail that has the class sitting down. Has a cool plaque under it with their names. Been hanging on my wall ever since. People that see it dont usually know who they ALL are....but they sure as shit know who the Babe is.

We all have that player that made us a lifelong fan as a kid. Mine is Ken Griffey Jr. the first time I was at the kingdome and saw Griffey play I was hooked for life.

A great basebal story. I enjoyed visting the Baseball Hall of Famein Cooperstown when I was a kid in the 1960s. Anyone visting St. Louis would enjoy the much smaller but impressive Cardinals baseball hall of fame museum in Ballpark Village across from Bisch stadium. Although Grover Cleveland Alexander came to the Cardinals late in his career he is a legend in St. Louis from ths 1926 world series performance with the Yankees. George Sisler has a statute among hall of fame Cardinals outisde the stadium even though he was a St. Louis Brown of the American League.

Honus thoroughly enjoyed the old-timers' game which has been a staple of the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies ever since (his team won, I believe). The Dutchman could always be found around town in his beloved Carnegie, Pennsylvania, or in the dugout, helping out his beloved Bucs. His statue, moved several times since it was dedicated (Honus was still living) now stands outside PNC Park. Where else?

Similar to Lawrence Ritter’s “The Glory of their Times.” Ritter and his son went to interview on reel to reel audio tape, many of these same old time great baseball players. Ritter, then a finance professor at NYU, was divorced. To keep up relations with his son, the went together to visit the old timers in the summer, starting in the early 1960’s. During the rest of the year, father and son corresponded by mail and telephone to find old timers and arrange the interviews. The son operated the tape recorder while Ritter conducted the interviews. Many of the old timers expressed their surprise: they thought their baseball exploits had been forgotten. I recommend the book, but the movie of the same name was disowned by Ritter.

this personal story is epic even in 2020

One of the best stories stories EVER. And, One of the best sports collectibles ever attained.

Amazing story!!! Thank you for sharing a piece of history...

Amazing!!

That was beyond awesome.

Pete Rose needs to be in the Hall of Fame.

Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful! Thank you.

Baseball is a funny game. One day playing golf at San Clamente Muni, I was playing as a single. This was in the 80's, an old boy came to the first tee to join me. He looked 90. 3 clubs. I'm like ok. I am only going to play 6 he said. We chatted, he told me he played with the Detroit Tigers back in the day. Did you know Ty Cobb? Yes, he3 said, he was as mean as they say. We crossed the street a 6th hole and he his waiting daughter, he was playing 9. We talked old time baseball and the old boy had a ball telling stories of all the greats he played with. he was 88 years old, sadly I forgot his name. But never the round. that had to be in 87. My best talk with a baseball player ever.

Very nice video. I actually gave my father that picture of the 11 Immortals. He didn't want it so I took it back and said I'd return it. I actually didn't but, instead, kept it. Incidentally, one of my favorite places to go is the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. I live 65 miles from there and visit about 4-5 times a year. The HOF is one of the places I love taking people. If you have never gone, I would highly recommend going at least once or twice in your life if it at possible

I love this this made my day thanks so much

You are left totally speechless after watching something like this ... Can a value even be put on such a thing ? .. The entire story of how his grandfather did this and with those signatures .. It makes it priceless if you ask me ! .. lol

What a treasure.

Can we talk about how ty cobb made his small signature to fit on the second line. Omg i love it

Awesome!

Wow! Amazing!! Priceless!!

Oh, I enjoyed this! I see that I commented on this a year ago, and that it's been out six years. I read, "The Glory of Their Times," for the first time decades ago in a long ago off-season. It was a revelation for me. I know the Dead Ball Era ended about the time Ruth joined the Yankees - and I certainly wouldn't want to see the game revert to that type of play - but I just hold a special place for the hard-nosed players who competed in those times. I regret that those days weren't integrated - but it was a different time. So, again, I thank you for this offering. I was surprised to hear the gentleman use the term, "snail mail," because that was all we knew back then - yet that also indicates how times have changed. Thank you.

It's stories like this one that make me love baseball the way that I do. No other sport pulls on the heartstrings historically the way that baseball does.I sure would love to know what the appraisal value would be on those autographs and letters.

Found out about tris speaker… like idk how I’ve went my whole life not knowing this guy… then went down a baseball rabbit hole and got here to one great ass story 🙏 thx for sharin

A fantastic story and gesture

Excellent video. Great baseball history captured in a story everyone will appreciate.

Cooperstown is great. You just drive up to the Hall, park, and go in. Cy's large portrait hangs in majesty on the right. Of course, it's busier on some days than others, like during induction ceremonies. If you're an AAA member, you get a discount, as I remember. It's a nice drive through upstate New York to get there.

When you monetize memories and nostalgia - you devalue it.

This was just nothing below "WONDERFUL"!!

Nice

Incredible. Thanks for sharing.

Absolutely stunning to hear and see Fascinating!

Thanks for sharing this with us!

Very cool. Nice they signed. How times have changed!

What you have is really amazing and something truly special. Thank you for sharing.

what a story! loved it.

Wonderful story. I am in awe of that piece of memorabilia. Truthfully, you need to get that appraised and get insurance on it. Why not try antiques road show? This would be a perfect place to get it appraised realistically. I doubt you’ll ever part with it, but what a wonderful thing to pass down through the generations!

Great video.Very interesting.Legends of the game.The best ever.

"When he called his shot, that's when Babe Ruth went from a hero to a legend."

Awesome story.Made my week, just subscribed. Thanks for posting

It shows you how accessible players were in those days, you could write or find out where they were and they had no problem signing an autograph for you. Good luck writing to a player today and getting a response, if you could even find their address.

Like no other time in baseball.

Amazing gift. Amazing. Cry Young screwed Cobb on the autos. Ty probably noticed there were only enough lines for each guy to have one and Young’s auto is fantastic but it takes up basically two lines. Pretty funny that rather then writing over amCy Young’s auto he squeezed his little auto into that second line without disturbing the first auto.

Excellent material well done!

Wow what an amazing story

Amazing.

Excellent history.

This video is amazing

This is amazing. Great story. Subbed to you.

This is so neat. Way to go Grandpa.

Imagine how much this signing of 11 Hall Of Famers are worth?

Great story

Thanks

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Heard tale about Mr. Musial, from Mickey Mantle. He asked Stan, "What happens if you hit the ball wrong with that tiny bat?" "Gee, Mick... I don't know!"

The issue I have today is pitchers are throwers. Back then, they were pitchers. Look at Tommy John, 85 mph fast ball yet he was a great.

Mr. Mack, wearing his customary suit. He wore one at games while he was managing, as well.

What an amazing story. I hope I don't see him on Pawn Stars trying to sell it to Rick.

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The first 10 inductees and literally anyone else to fill the roster with Connie mack in his prime as coach could beat any team ever

Subed you nice work!

How cool

Shoeless Joe should have been there

I would love to have that photo of the HOFers!

What a nugget! In spite of the current state of “woke” sports, classic baseball still holds a place in my heart. Thank you, Mr. Kennedy (and especially Grandpa Kennedy) for sharing your priceless memories.

Notice how the greatest all-time pure hitter, Ty Cobb, is missing from the photo. If I remember correctly, he was delayed and en route to the ceremony.

Thank you for sharing this. Just out of curiosity what was Ty Cobb's answer to the question?

Ty Cobb had the most 1st.place votes.aug2022.

This is way cool. Can I kindly have these precious autographs ? Thank you in advance.

Amazing story. Where are these items now?

the former acting governor of New Jersey, RICHARD J CODEY, has this picture SIGNED by every one of these Hall of Famers. Must be worth a mint.

You could have bought all of Iowa if you sold that.

Ty Cobb showed up too late to be in the HOF inaugural-inductee picture.

4 of those 11 were part of the Philadelphia A's.

Man… never even heard of Larry Poor Guy is 11 Immortals but it’s been taken down to 10 without even making that official Just happened

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What happened to the 11 autographs?

Strange about the memorabilia....Up until about 1970 you could buy it for next to nothing.....I talked to a guy who in the late 50s walked into a baseball card shop and bought a dozen of those Mickey Mantle rookie cards for $10. I asked where they were today. He just shook his head

Rumors had it that Cobb was late because he didn't want to be near Landis. Looking at that photo of the original HOFers, I bet Ty would take a do-over on that.

Don't take it to the Pawn Stars pawn shop because Rick will have to frame the items and take all of the risk.

Wonder it's Value? 1 of a kind

It's too bad that Christy Mathewson was never the same after WWI, or he could have been a part of this great story, too.

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i wonder what that all would be worth