Talk:Phil Cavarretta

Cavarretta Firing
My dad always insisted that Cavarretta was fired not only for his errant comment about the Cubs finishing not higher than 5th place but also because he said this in front of a group of female Cubs fans that had paid him to speak & used a few choice & lurid words to describe the teams' prospects.

Anyone know anything about this? 138.162.128.52 (talk) 16:50, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Reason for World War II exemption
I tagged this with "citation needed" for the reason -- his alleged hearing problem. His established record of playing a full schedule throughout the war years cannot be doubted, but what sort of hearing problem would be so severe as to make him unfit for the military while permitting him to play baseball? Virtually all other prominent Major Leaguers were in the military during the war, though quite likely protected from hazardous duty. I'm unaware of any who were killed or even wounded. Does anyone know of an authoritative source that documents this situation?Aardvarkzz (talk) 03:33, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Answer to previous question
Harry O'Neill (May 8, 1917 - March 6, 1945 in Iwo Jima) played catcher in the Major Leagues in for the Philadelphia Athletics. O'Neill was one of two Major League Baseball players killed in World War II. The other was Elmer Gedeon.Aardvarkzz (talk) 08:50, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Phil Cavarretta. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20060321085051/http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/C/Cavarretta_Phil.stm to http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/C/Cavarretta_Phil.stm

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 22:40, 31 December 2017 (UTC)