Frank Francis Frisch was born September 9, 1898 in Bronx, NY and died March 12, 1973 in Wilmington, DE. The Fordham Flash, an all-around athlete who jumped directly from college to the New York Giants, played on eight pennant-winners in 19 seasons. A fine switch-hitter, Frisch compiled a run of 11 straight .300 seasons and set single-season fielding records as a second baseman for chances and assists with the Cardinals in 1927. As player-manager with St. Louis, he instilled the rollicking all-out style of hard-nosed play that prompted sportswriters to tab the Cardinals "The Gashouse Gang." Frisch also emerged as a play-by-play radio announcer and his oft-repeated "Oh, those base on balls" became part of his lore. He conducted a post-game show on early television which, in 1953, the New York Times wrote that it was the best post-game show on the air. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1947. Sources: baseballhalloffame.org/hofers, http://thedeadballera.com/Obits/Frisch.Frankie.Obit.html