Reign of the 'OLM' generally a short one
The June 18 passing of the incomparable Willie Mays β growing up, he was my favourite National League baseball player and Mickey Mantle was βmy guyβ in the so-called junior circuit β set me thinking about Mays being the βoldest living memberβ (OLM) in baseballβs Hall of Fame. I thought about the OLM distinction itself and how it offers a small measure of peculiar pride and pleasure. The βSay Hey Kidβ was the hallβs OLM until he took a game-ending called third strike at age 93. His death instantly elevated former shortstop Luis Aparicio, the Venezuelan vacuum cleaner, to OLM status. Read More