This was a big surprise to me, while driving up Route 84 from Sweetwater to Lubbock, Texas, I notice Norm Cash Field from the road. As it turned out it was the same Norm Cash that played most of his baseball career with the Detroit Tigers. The Field was dedicated on April 23, 2005 in loving memory of Post, Texas's Most Famous Athlete. Although his lifetime batting average was .271, he did win a Batting Title in 1961 with a .361 average. He originally was drafted by both the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bears (Running Back) in 1955.
How about that Jim!
Don't you love finding little gems like this that you didn't even know was there....
ReplyDeleteI remember Cash as a steady, consistent performer. Brings back memories af a gentler time.
ReplyDeleteI'm a few years late, but Norm Cash was from Justiceburg, Texas, just down the road from Post.
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