sounds like bob feller was a man ahead of his time. he addressed many of the issues that have changed in baseball in the years since his interview. i also find it interesting to see how much the roll of the head of the players union has changed in the 50 years since the interview.
Bob Feller seems to have been proven prescient all the way across the board here, but what I find most interesting is Mike Wallace's attitude during the interview. He seems awfully confrontational from today's viewpoint, openly apologetic to the ownership and unwilling to cut Feller a break on any of his opinions. Whether he was adopting that standpoint as a pose to draw Feller out, or whether that was the prevailing attitude of the day, I'd be curious. (I suspect it's more the latter than the former, but I'd be curious to know by how much.) And with all that smoking, I wonder how Mike Wallace has managed to live as long as he has.
That was really interesting. "no filter, no foolin'!" Over 50 years ago and the topics were so not outdated. And, yeah, Mike Wallace came across as kind of a dick.
