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Baseball Primer Newsblog— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Pittsburgh Press, October 23, 1912: Arthur Wilson and Josh Devore, of the Giants, who are interested in the drilling of an oil well in West Virginia, got news yesterday to the effect that a big strike was almost in sight. There is a certain kind of dirt and sand with a fancy name to it that has to be punctured before oil can be found, and yesterday the drill struck the spot.
If they ever did actually strike oil, I’ve been unable to find any newspaper reports to corroborate it. Devore was playing in the Central League as late as 1924, so unless he really loved baseball, he probably wasn’t obscenely wealthy.
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1. Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) Posted: October 24, 2012 at 06:04 AM (#4281287)The position players have excellent speed. Moreno stole 50+ bases five times, Williamson swiped 45 bags in 1887, and Furcal has stolen 40+ bases twice.
C: Junior Ortiz
1B: Gene Larkin
2B: Ossie Bluege
3B: Ned Williamson
SS: Rafael Furcal
LF: Jim Greengrass
CF: Omar Moreno
RF: Bill Kuehne
SP: Jack Russell
SP: Arthur Rhodes
SP: Jim Brosnan
SP: Eddie Stack
SP: Mark Grant
RP: Rawly Eastwick
Manager: Heinie Smith
Cult Hero: F.P. Santangelo
Fun Name, Good Hitter: Cuckoo Christensen
Fun Name, Decent Hitter: Hugh High
Fun Name, Bad Hitter: Jay Faatz
Victim of Herman W. Souse: Chief Sockalexis
1908 Billy Murray introduces a new song: “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”
One of the first songs I taught my daughter :)
People forget that the first oil well was in Titusville, PA - Pennsylvania grade crude oil has always been highly prized. The Appalachian Mountains have a long history of oil production, extending from southwestern New York well into West Virginia, with a fairly large belt right around Parkersburg, WV.
-- MWE
The game lasted from 7:15 to 10:07 Central, which means that the emergency C-section resulting in my birth most likely occurred around the sixth or seventh inning. It's probably a good thing it wasn't two days later; my mom was a Cardinal fan at the time.
I have three prime suspects for you.
The position players have excellent speed. Moreno stole 50+ bases five times, Williamson swiped 45 bags in 1887, and Furcal has stolen 40+ bases twice.
I used to work with Ossie's nephew at a longtime weekend job.
Who might have been my cousin, unless it's along some other trail of relations. Six degrees …
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