Talk:Amos Otis

Joy Foy's marijuana "addiction"
I altered the statement about Joy Foy failing with the Mets following the Otis-Foy trade because it describes Foy having a marijuana addiction, based upon information in Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders, which cites descriptions from Foy's teammates. Since none of those players had the medical expertise to declare Foy's condition an addiction, it really should not be included here as a statement of fact. My other reason for altering the statement is that it has nothing to do with Amos Otis' biographical entry. The fact that he prospered with the Royals while Foy failed to last a full season with the Mets should suffice. It's relevant to Foy's entry, although I would again argue that the term "addiction" expresses an opinion by men not qualified as experts (nor even authorities) in the field. It is obvious from the descriptions that he had a problem, but not that it was an addiction. -- Couillaud 21:47, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

His Famous Nick-name Should Be Mentioned
In 1970, Amos Otis was dubbed "Famous Amos" because of his superlative throw to home plate (from center field) in the game-ending play of that year's All-Star Game that secured the win for the American League. This nick-name became one of the best-known in baseball. It became even more interesting later in his career, due to the fact that, in 1975, cookie entrepreneur Wally Amos (not a famous man at that time, nor ever personally called "Famous Amos" prior to that time) initiated an extremely popular brand of cookies using that same name. Indeed, there seems little doubt that Wally Amos' cookie company and brand took the name from Amos Otis, who was one of the best-known, most successful and most popular players in baseball during his playing career. One wonders whether the baseball player had any communications with the cookie-maker regarding his prior use of that name and whether Wally Amos had the right to use that name without paying Amos Otis for the privilege. In any case, the public was very aware of both uses of the name Famous Amos and when the name was used in one context, people couldn't help but be reminded of its other use. Obviously, Amos Otis' nick-name would deserve mentioning even if Wally Amos didn't subsequently use the same for a very popular cookie. The dual-industry fame of this name and its status as a "household name" makes its inclusion in this article even more imperative. This dual use of the name is also worth mentioning in the article for the cookie, especially since the nick-name of the baseball player came five years before that name was used for the cookie, casting definite doubt regarding the originality in the naming of the cookie.

The nick-name of Amos Otis is documented in many print publications and web sites. The Society For American Baseball Research provides one such on-line document.

I don't have any experience at all in editing a Wikipedia article, so I'd rather that service be performed by someone who knew what he/she was doing, someone whose edits had more chance of being respected and left in place. If you're that person, please help. Thank you. qodesh for the Lord Jesus Christ (talk) 23:16, 5 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Great stuff..
 * thanks very much for the memories! 98.20.39.50 (talk) 06:28, 1 February 2024 (UTC)