James Stockdale
Who was he? Why was he here?
- Name
- James Stockdale
- Birthday
- December 23, 1923
- Age
- 81
- Died on
- Tuesday, July 5th, 2005
- Famous
- Confirmed
- Thursday, September 23rd, 2004
Who was he? Why was he here?
He invented Big League Chew. Remember that? Strands of bubble gum, that came in a pouch that made you feel like a real big time ball player chewing tobacco. Sure - they lost flavor in like 4 seconds, but that was a glorious 4 seconds. You felt yourself right up there on the mound, ready to deliver a smoking fastball right over the plate to win game 7 of the World Series. It was transformational. And Jim invented it.
Anyway, he's dead.
(d) July 10th, 2019