tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post8185307815892858680..comments2024-02-22T20:25:53.672-05:00Comments on Baseball Researcher: Who is Ray Lankford Mourning?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post-6006919531474927592012-08-04T20:26:44.055-04:002012-08-04T20:26:44.055-04:00Hey they're playing the 30th anniversary of th...Hey they're playing the 30th anniversary of the 82 world series and both teams wearing throw backs right now. we were wondering the same thing. Article helped a bunch. Matheny is on the good side now.Samnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post-20402186801313328402012-01-01T19:18:06.127-05:002012-01-01T19:18:06.127-05:00Great article. i enjoy the fact that you took put ...Great article. i enjoy the fact that you took put so much effort into researching, and ultimately, bringing to light something that most hadnt stopped to realize, much less give any thought to.<br /><br />im a huge Ray Lankford fan still to this day and i appreciate that you took the time to even mention him so many years after he left the game.<br /><br />"Coincidentally, by the way, the uniform that Ray Lankford wore that night is apparently in the hands of a collector." <br /><br />...that collector would be me. i purchased it at cardinals care winter warm up, a charitable event held every year by the team, in January of 1998.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post-75862010768667260222011-12-28T23:08:58.764-05:002011-12-28T23:08:58.764-05:00You mention the hockey-style mask, which gave you ...You mention the hockey-style mask, which gave you the ability to zero in on a timeframe, but it also contained a clue as to Lankford's opponents in the ballgame. In the picture, I noticed the team logo on the helmet, which immediately struck me as having belonged to the Milwaukee Brewers in the mid- to late-1990s.<br /><br />Additionally, on the helmet, the number 16 is fairly visible. According to Baseball-Reference.com, Mike Matheny did not wear 16; rather, it was his backup, Jesse Levis, who wore that number.<br /><br />Did Matheny wear Levis' mask on a regular basis that season? Was he experimenting with wearing the mask? In any case, from what I've read, it seems that the hockey-style mask may have forced Matheny into retirement.blackmagichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949908466617423871noreply@blogger.com