# Talk:Jimmie Foxx

It says "this page may require cleanup" - whoever put that tag on left nothing on the talk page so we don't know what we're cleaning up! Mglovesfun 00:28, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Anybody have any idea of the lineup of the Irish squad? I'd love to know.  Trekphiler 01:37, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Forgot which baseball book I read this story in---about how the A's came to sign Foxx.
An Athletics scout came to Foxx's small town to see somebody else.He saw Foxx plowing a field and asked him "Which way to  the baseball park?"
Foxx held his plow straight out with one hand and pointed "Thatta way".
The scout quickly asked Foxx if he could play baseball.

  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.23.5.35 (talk) 16:08, 15 September 2023 (UTC) 
The article keeps on referring to Foxx signing with the A's, the Athletics didn't become the A's until they were under Charlie Finley's management in Kansas City  jstjdawg august 19

They're still officially the Athletics, not the A's.  They have been referred with the nickname, "A's" ever since they were in Philadelphia.  Best regardsTheBaron0530 (talk) 19:59, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
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The image from Time Magazine's cover was replaced with an image from the Chicago Historical Society/Chicago Daily News. Never been to spain 20:11, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

This said "In 1937, Foxx hit a ball into the third deck of the left-field stands at Yankee Stadium, a very rare feat because of the distance and the angle of the stands. Gomez was the pitcher who gave it up, and when asked how far it went, he said, "I don't know, but I do know it took somebody 45 minutes to go up there and get it back."  I don't see this as possible. Both players played for the Athletics and Red Sox and neither ever played for the Yankees.  The 1937 All Star Game was played in Washington, DC.  The 1937 World Series was played between the Yankees and Giants, both teams never had Grove or Foxx on their roster.  So how was Lefty Grove pitching to Jimmy Foxx in Yankee Stadium in 1937?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.89.185.10 (talk) 16:58, 24 March 2017 (UTC) 

Lefty Gomez OF THE yANKEES SAID THAT, NOT lEFTY gROVE 198.23.5.11 (talk) 14:08, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

The photo of Foxx with Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Al Simmons... is the guy on the right Al Simmons or Mickey Cochrane?  The caption here claims Simmons, but the actual photo file claims it's Cochrane.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.184.198.5 (talk) 21:35, 5 May 2015 (UTC) 

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Ngram shows "y" more common than "ie" when he was in the major leagues
He really hated it when people spelled his name “Jimmy.”, according to a February 23, 2020 piece by The Athletic.
Foxx died in July 1967 of asphyxiation; there was a piece of meat lodged in his throat. He was not yet 60 years old. The papers did write about the great career of Double X. But even in that, there was sadness. Almost all of the stories spelled his name “Jimmy.”
That's right. His Hall of Fame plaque. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Even The New York Times, in their Foxx obituary.  Why would they call him "Jimmy", even after knowing that he "hated" that spelling?!
I searched for contemporary sources reporting this hatred, quoting the man himself, and haven't found anything online.
All I've found so far is this, in the 2005 book Jimmie Foxx: The Pride of Sudlersville, by Mark R. Millikin.
"For reasons known only to him, Jim was especially sensitive about the spelling of his first name. Mildred Barracliff recalls that he always insisted it be spelled with "ie" at the end, not a "y".
"Jim's last name was often spelled with one "x" at the end, rather than two, in newspaper accounts". Our so-called "reliable sources" at work.
So apparently only Jimmie's cousin, Ms. Mildred Smith Barracliff, who wrote several letters about her childhood experiences with Mr. Foxx, is our reliable source for the spelling of his name.
Should we discuss this matter is our Wikipedia biography? wbm1058 (talk) 10:28, 15 April 2025 (UTC)