tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post3483568256957849799..comments2024-03-28T09:56:01.104-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: Rick Cleveland: Remembering Boo FerrisKingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-60792637973414975402016-12-02T04:33:08.211-06:002016-12-02T04:33:08.211-06:00Right, 10:18. Rick could take humility lessons fro...Right, 10:18. Rick could take humility lessons from someone like Kingfish. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-70833104870636864912016-12-01T10:18:33.238-06:002016-12-01T10:18:33.238-06:00Maybe because Cleveland wears his egotism on his s...Maybe because Cleveland wears his egotism on his sleeve? Just guessing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-40110080159423381432016-12-01T10:13:40.938-06:002016-12-01T10:13:40.938-06:00Is there a reason someone always has a negative co...Is there a reason someone always has a negative comment about Mr. Cleveland? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-88751460002735381082016-11-30T18:12:46.035-06:002016-11-30T18:12:46.035-06:00An honorable man of extreme humility and grace. Ho...An honorable man of extreme humility and grace. Hope some of it rubbed off on Rick. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-5544664591689560122016-11-30T17:00:45.420-06:002016-11-30T17:00:45.420-06:00Just in case the people reading about Coach Ferris...Just in case the people reading about Coach Ferris get the impression that he was like most college coaches in that he only really was interested in players who were good at their sport I want you to know he also cared about players who played at my level.<br /><br />I live in the Houston area and following Hurricane Ike my neighborhood was without power for several days. Although I had not spoken with Coach Ferris in several years the first telephone call I got after our power was restored was from Coach Ferris. He just wanted to know if we were alright.<br /><br />That is the Coach Ferris I will always remember.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-75556808941064758142016-11-30T16:53:53.259-06:002016-11-30T16:53:53.259-06:00Boo Ferris was one of my father's dearest and ...Boo Ferris was one of my father's dearest and most loyal friends. They met at Presbyterian Bible School when they were 13 or about in 1935. They roomed together for a week. My father needed Bible School much more so than Boo, but they became life long loyal dedicated friends. My father was injured terribly in WW2 and Boo consistently corresponded with him while in was in hospital in England for 2 years. When he finally got back to Mississippi, Boo was there to see him. My father said that in the early 60's Boo had one of the first air conditioned cars in Mississippi. Daddy thought that was the best thing he had ever witnessed. When my father was dying with Alzheimer's Disease in 2008, Boo consistently called to check in with me and get an update on my father. He called my sweet step mother weekly to just give support and friendship. He was a competitor, a devoted Presbyterian Christian gentleman, a loyal, loving, kind man, and best of all, to me, my father's devoted friend for over seventy years. He will be missed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-16105873882472943772016-11-30T15:07:49.051-06:002016-11-30T15:07:49.051-06:00If you were ever properly introduced to, or met Bo...If you were ever properly introduced to, or met Boo Ferris, someohow he always remembered and never forgot a name. Very impressive. He was a great man and a great representative for the State of MS and Delta State University.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-81364584713703219652016-11-30T13:11:43.022-06:002016-11-30T13:11:43.022-06:00Right out of a Frank Capra movie, and it's tru...Right out of a Frank Capra movie, and it's true. You're a lucky man, Rick Cleveland. And a damn good sportswriter.Burkenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-78814037573014729162016-11-30T12:22:36.097-06:002016-11-30T12:22:36.097-06:00Coach Ferris showed up at a few of our high school...Coach Ferris showed up at a few of our high school practices 27 years ago - our coach played for him at DSU. A few years later, my college team played at DSU, and Coach Ferris made an effort to speak to me before the game - which left me impressed. And about 5 years ago, Coach Ferris showed up at our church (I had not seen him in ~20 years). I walked over to talk to him, and he remembered my name and where I played and talked with me for a while. He was a class act - and that was before I read his book and realized how great of a baseball player he was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-80678764133263372042016-11-30T10:15:44.251-06:002016-11-30T10:15:44.251-06:00Thanks for this. Probably the best article ever. ...Thanks for this. Probably the best article ever. <br /><br />-Fighting OkraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-15042326492301085432016-11-30T10:08:47.288-06:002016-11-30T10:08:47.288-06:00Boo Ferris had incredible people skills. He knew ...Boo Ferris had incredible people skills. He knew the names of his players' and managers' wives and kids. He knew anniversary dates and birth dates. And not just recent ones, but all of Delta State's players and managers going back to his first teams.<br /><br />There is good reason the powers that are named the award for the best college baseball player in Mississippi after Boo Ferris, and not just because he was a good baseball player.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com