The Cincinnati Reds Should Retire Vada Pinson's #28
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Wade Swormstedt
11 years ago
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Vada had fantastic "odd" seasons, with 200+ hits in 1959, 1961, 1963 and 1965. Besides Pete Rose or course, Vada has to be one of the greatest players not in the HOF.
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Wade Swormstedt
11 years ago
Hey Joe. I recently found a Vada Pinson glove at a yard sale. I'd never seen one before, nor had I seen a bat.
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charles mcfarland
11 years ago
a great player and so fast
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Mike Tepe
11 years ago
Vada Pinson was my childhood hero
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Jennifer Hilder
11 years ago
Put Vada and Gil Hodges in!
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John Estep
11 years ago
He needs to be there, great player.
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Joe Kessler
11 years ago
My "first" Baseball Bat was a Vada Pinson bat!
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roger little
11 years ago
class baseball player, class person, i was lucky to meet him at a basebll card show here. his autograph photo he signed for me is now hanging in my bedroom.
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Butch Haber
11 years ago
A 5 Tool Player, Avg. Power, Defense, Run, Throw
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Tim
11 years ago
Die-hard Cub fan, but, was always a huge fan of the #28.. Yes,, retire that number!! Vada was the CONSUMMATE ball player!
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Vada Pinson a was not only a fine center fielder but also a good hitter and played nest to Frank Robinson which made the one of the best outfield combinations in Baseball.
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Tom Pinkerton
11 years ago
As a little leager I was a Vada fan. Watched 28 cruise the outfield with Frank Robinson and they were good. Gus Bell an Ted Klu. The Reds of my youth.......
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Bob McLaughlin
11 years ago
Vada Pinson was an exciting player who had great speed on offense and defense. A clutch hitterwho competed fully in every game he played.
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Steve D'Masi
11 years ago
Vada Pinson Should Be By All Means Possible Be Retired and Honored As A Special and One of a Kind Athlete Period!
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Jim Langham
11 years ago
great memories from my childhood at Crosley Field!
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Jim Pierce
11 years ago
His stats say more than I ever could
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james fisher
11 years ago
There are two glaring omissions to the Hall of Fame: Vada Pinson and Al Oliver. They both errand their way to Cooperstown
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Rick Preston
11 years ago
One of the best centerfielders to ever to play the game. Rest in peace Vada.
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Tom Williams
11 years ago
I still have several of Vada's baseball cards. Personally, I was a Yankee fan the first time I saw them on b&w zenith tv with dizzy and peewee most Saturdays. It was the only game on tv where I lived on the oregon coast during the alaskan earthquake and the columbus day storm. I remember the Cincinnati Reds from the '61 WS. It was not one of Vada batted .091 and the Reds as a team only batted .206...they ran into White Ford and the M&M boys. But, Vada was definately in a class above Hector Lopez.
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Michael Papp
11 years ago
Pinson was an outstanding player as well as a very underrated player.
Vada had fantastic "odd" seasons, with 200+ hits in 1959, 1961, 1963 and 1965. Besides Pete Rose or course, Vada has to be one of the greatest players not in the HOF.
Hey Joe. I recently found a Vada Pinson glove at a yard sale. I'd never seen one before, nor had I seen a bat.
a great player and so fast
Vada Pinson was my childhood hero
Put Vada and Gil Hodges in!
He needs to be there, great player.
My "first" Baseball Bat was a Vada Pinson bat!
class baseball player, class person, i was lucky to meet him at a basebll card show here. his autograph photo he signed for me is now hanging in my bedroom.
A 5 Tool Player, Avg. Power, Defense, Run, Throw
Die-hard Cub fan, but, was always a huge fan of the #28.. Yes,, retire that number!! Vada was the CONSUMMATE ball player!
Vada Pinson a was not only a fine center fielder but also a good hitter and played nest to Frank Robinson which made the one of the best outfield combinations in Baseball.
As a little leager I was a Vada fan. Watched 28 cruise the outfield with Frank Robinson and they were good. Gus Bell an Ted Klu. The Reds of my youth.......
Vada Pinson was an exciting player who had great speed on offense and defense. A clutch hitterwho competed fully in every game he played.
Vada Pinson Should Be By All Means Possible Be Retired and Honored As A Special and One of a Kind Athlete Period!
great memories from my childhood at Crosley Field!
His stats say more than I ever could
There are two glaring omissions to the Hall of Fame: Vada Pinson and Al Oliver. They both errand their way to Cooperstown
One of the best centerfielders to ever to play the game. Rest in peace Vada.
I still have several of Vada's baseball cards. Personally, I was a Yankee fan the first time I saw them on b&w zenith tv with dizzy and peewee most Saturdays. It was the only game on tv where I lived on the oregon coast during the alaskan earthquake and the columbus day storm. I remember the Cincinnati Reds from the '61 WS. It was not one of Vada batted .091 and the Reds as a team only batted .206...they ran into White Ford and the M&M boys. But, Vada was definately in a class above Hector Lopez.
Pinson was an outstanding player as well as a very underrated player.