These oversized 1937-38 Dixie Lid ice cream premiums are beautiful, and none more so than the Bob Feller. ‘Rapid’ Robert had 107 wins and 1233 strikeouts by age 22 (when he went off to WW2)...
“That was the test... He was the best and I wanted to be the best, and three days before he pitched I would start thinking Robert Feller, Bob Feller. I’d sit in my room thinking and seeing him, thinking about him all that time. God, I loved it. That was a personal challenge. I’d always get my rest and I’d weigh my bat that day. Allie Reynolds of the Yankees was tough and I might think about him for twenty-four hours before a game, but Robert Feller, I’d think about him for three days.” - Ted Williams
(‘Summer Of ‘49’, Halberstam, p.192)
