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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Honus Wagner quoted in the Toledo News-Bee, December 19, 1912: “Jake Beckley...tried to work the old hidden ball trick on me a half dozen times, or that’s what I thought he was trying to do. He would stick the ball under his arm right before my eyes.
“‘Jake,’ I said to him one day, ‘there’s no use trying that old one on me.’ He didn’t pay any attention to what I said, and I grabbed the ball from under his arm and threw it into right field, and then cut loose for second base.
“The second baseman had the ball waiting for me. Jake had used a phoney ball to deceive me.”
Somewhere, Dave Bresnahan is furiously scribbling notes.
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1. Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) Posted: December 19, 2012 at 07:27 AM (#4328322)C: Tom Wilson
1B: Russell Branyan
2B: Tony Taylor
3B: Wally Gilbert
SS: Mickey Witek
LF: Tommy O'Brien
CF: Al Kaline
RF: Walt Williams
SP: Geoff Zahn
SP: Bill Wegman
SP: Ian Kennedy
SP: Rex Barney
SP: Jose Silva
RP: Rafael Soriano
RP: Mike Fetters
Commissioner: Ford Frick
Scout: Paul Krichell
MLB Twins: Stan Cliburn and Stew Cliburn
Six home runs in one college game: Marshall McDougall
By signing, I mean his initial pro contract, not a mid-career free agent signing.
Several Dugout regulars and I are compiling 25-man rosters for all 365 days, which will be used to play a Birthday League. There's no particular team I expect to win it all.
Most drafted players back then would have signed before late December, so it would be someone signed as a teenager from one of the islands.
Sammy would have been pretty young (16?) and Edgar would have been about right (18?).
I'm going to guess Sammy Sosa.
It was pretty common for guys to not sign until 6 months or so later -- e.g. Prior. Sometimes this was due to contentious negotiations but it seemed to happen often with pitchers suggesting it was just a way to give their arm time to rest without starting the minor-league service clock. I suppose it also made sense if the player was going to get a major-league contract.
EDITED: nevermind - found out. Leukemia.
Morales instantly becomes the Mariners' best hitter by a huge margin. Except of course John Jaso.
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