Yankee4Life

That is all this is going to be about. Moose here understands the concept of the new forum. Now, if anyone who makes sigs does not want to be in this, there's no problem at all. If timay doesn't see the need for it, it's ok. Let him have his opinion. He isn't required to be in there or is forced to. I just threw out those group of names because each one of those people do sigs. I didn't want to exclude anyone. If you don't want access to this forum, make a post in here stating that or send a PM if you want. Ok?

It will be opened when Trues does the work on it. I hope it will be soon. You will have access to it like you have access to all the forums in here. But this forum will be a private one. So if you are not a sig maker, you will see the forum but you can't get in it.

KKKerry cubsfaninfla baseballfanatik9 Moose Timay WhoisKarimGarcia Tribetime26 KcCityStar Disengage Disastros NYM91 So far, that's all I got. I'll check back in when Trues makes the forum. I'm beat because this cold is beating the hell out of me. Goodnight now.

Ok everyone, I just got an e-mail from Trues and he liked the idea of a private sigmakers forum for you guys to talk about your work and whatever has to do with it. The only people that will have access to this forum are the moderators of the forum and the sigmakers. I got a short list of people who are in this right now: KKKerry cubsfaninfla baseballfanatik9 Moose Timay WhoisKarimGarcia Tribetime26 KcCityStar I know darn well I am forgetting people, please forgive me. I got this terrible cold right now and I don't feel well. Anyone that should be in this, you guys will decide. If you want to vote someone in this forum, go right ahead. Then I'll give them access to it.

Carl Furillo Any New Yorker on this board that has relatives that followed baseball in the 1950's will know of Carl Furillo and remember him fondly. Furillo was a "gamer", before that word was used to describe baseball players who played the game hard for nine innings each and every day. He was Brooklyn's regular right fielder and was a fan favorite. About Furillo Furillo played his entire 15 year career with the Dodgers in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, taking part in seven World Series and finishing with a career batting average of .299. He hit 192 home runs and had 1,058 runs batted in. His best season was in 1953 when he led the National League in batting with a .344 average. He won the title despite being sidelined with a broken finger incurred in a brawl. Furillo had been hit by a pitch from the New York Giants' Ruben Gomez, and then charged the Giant manager, Leo Durocher. We hated the Giants,he recalled years later. We just hated the uniform. Furillo batted over .300 in four other seasons and drove in 90 or more runs for the Dodgers six times. He was one of the star players for the Dodger team recalled in The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn and was a member of the only Brooklyn team that won the World Series, in 1955. Furillo, who was raised in Lower Alsace Township, Pa., near Reading, started playing baseball as an outfielder for the Pocmoke City in the Eastern Shore League at a salary of $80 a month. He fought his way up through the Dodger organization, where he acquired the name Reading Rifle for his fine throwing arm. Pee Wee Reese, the former shortstop for the Dodgers, recalled a few years ago how the sign for Abe Stark's clothing store at the base of the right-field wall promised a free suit to any batter who hit it on a fly. But Furillo played right in front of it,said Reese. Nobody ever hit it. In 1959, Furillo, then 37 years old, played only 25 games in the outfield, but he delivered a game-winning hit in the World Series to help Los Angeles defeat the Chicago White Sox. His pinch-hit single in the seventh inning of Game 3, coming with the bases loaded, drove in two runs to break a scoreless tie. The Dodgers went on to win that game, 3-1. The following season, however, Furillo was released after suffering a torn calf muscle. It was a heavily publicized incident that left him bitter. Furillo wanted to finish his 15th season so he would qualify in the players pension fund and receive $285 a month compared to $30 a month less if he left when the Dodgers wanted him to leave. But the slugger who had smashed 192 homers over 14 years had only two hits in 10 times at bat. After being released, he sued the Dodgers, saying his release was illegal because he had a baseball-related injury. A court awarded him back pay, and later he said he was blackballed from baseball coaching and scouting jobs.

Not yet. If this goes down, you will be in it. This is strictly about the discussion of making sigs, tips on how to do it, questions for Kerry or anyone else, a place to show your unfinished work, etc.

Yes, seriously. I think that was a great job.

I love it.

Heck yeah. In fact, I would need a list of people that would be considered to be let in. I know of a few, but I don't want to miss anyone. I respect the sig making that goes on in here and I want to do everything I can to help it along.

No, nothing like that. I am going to ask Trues the next time I see him to make a new forum that only the sig makers can get access to. People like baseballfanatik,Tribe time, you, Kerry (of course). This would be a place where you can go to talk among yourselves about the sigs, how to make them, questions you have or tips. It would be a restricted area just for the sig guys in here and mods. But I have to get his approval.

I'm working on an idea now, I just have to get through to Trues to get his approval.

Ok everyone.......step back from your keyboard, take a deep breath or take a break and grab a drink. Calm down now. Ok? Ok, back to the X-box. :)

Just keep working at it and try your best. It's a gift to play this game and to play it professionally would be a thrill. Never stop working. It's good you live in Florida so you can play all year if you want.

That's a nice goal to shoot for. I hope you get it.

That's a good Longhorn sig. I really like it.

I love Kerry's work. Great job on Donut's sig.

Aw man. And I had plans for ten sigs, each connecting with each other to combine and make one huge sig.

Mickey Mantle Boys across America in the 1950's looked to Mantle as a hero and he did not let them down. A member of five Yankee champions in the 50's, Mantle was the successor to Joe Dimaggio in centerfield in New York. Mantle was racked by injuries for his entire career, but that did not stop him from hitting 536 homeruns and going to the Hall of Fame. Mickey Mantle rates as one of the greatest players in baseball history; he was the greatest switch-hitter the game has ever known. Mantle led the league 27 times in various batting titles. He led the league in home runs in four different years, he won six runs scored crowns, four times he led the league in walks, Mantle won three slugging titles, he led the league in batting average and RBI's in 1956. Mickey Mantle, was a popular and well-regarded ballplayer and he won the Most Valuable Player Awards in 1956, 1957, and again in 1962. He is the only switch-hitter to win the Triple Crown, accomplishing this in 1956 when he clubbed 52 home runs, batted .353 and had 130 RBI's. Mantle is one of only three Triple Crown Winners who also won a Gold Glove Award. Mantle was one of the greatest fielding centerfielders of all-time. He was a league leading centerfielder in four different seasons. Mantle, when batting left-handed was timed running from home-plate to first base in 3.1 seconds (the fastest time of any player in history), this is incredible feat. Mickey Mantle is the greatest late inning clutch hitter that ever played. He led the New York Yankees to twelve pennants and seven times the Yankees won the World Championship. If the Yankees were tied or losing the game in the late innings, Mantle would somehow come to their rescue with his late inning heroics. He was the most feared hitter in his time; smashing late inning bases loaded doubles or by hitting a game winning home run. If Mickey Mantle and the Yankees were playing your team; no lead was safe. Mantle was "the Destroyer of Dreams", with his blinding speed and potent hitting. This Hall of Famer holds seven world series records including most home runs with 18, most runs scored with 42, most RBI's - 40 and most total bases with 123. (these records in his world series play are better than a lot of players get for a full season).

Now don't I have a great sig now? Thanks Trues. Look at JETER!!! He's the best.

Oh, that's a beauty.

Mine looks ok on my end.

That is a beautiful sig you made Kerry.

Thank you for asking, but not right now. I'm looking around for the right pictures for my sig so that's why I was putting it off.

I like the big NY in Moose's sig on the lower left of the sig. Looks great. Then of course, I'm biased.

No problem. Hey, you never know where this can lead to. Graphics artists make good money if you can get a job doing that.