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Hall of Merit— A Look at Baseball's All-Time Best
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
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1. John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy Posted: October 04, 2005 at 03:00 PM (#1661406)The Yankees’ original scouting report on [Artie] Wilson and Birmingham teammate Piper Davis, sent to team President Lee MacPhail in 1948, reveals the reasons the franchise didn’t want them on its major league club. “They are both good ball players,” the report reads. “[But] there isn’t an outstanding Negro player that anybody could recommend to step into the big league and hold down a regular job. ... These committees apply the pressure to hire one or perhaps two [black] players. If you hire one or two, they will want you to hire another one.”
Must be an IE and/or AOL problem. The totals are showing up on Firefox.
As Bob Dylan put it on Blonde on Blonde: "I'm gonna let ya pass this time."
I was compelled to write when Piper Davis came up. In college, I did some oral history work on the Birmingham Black Barons. Piper Davis was abolutely central to the history of the Black Barons. He was the player-manager and heart and soul of the Barons during the 40s. Every player I interviewed talked about him with the utmost reverence. He was one of the most respected figures in the later days of the Negro Leagues. He was like Buck O'Neil without the PR. I had the chance to talk with him for a day, and it was a wonderful experience. Do yourself a favor and read the link that Paul Wendt posted. (Bill Greason, who pitched for the Cardinals and is quoted in the article, also was a prince of a guy.)
All that being said, Piper Davis's stats don't merit enshrinement.
Thanks for letting me pop back in. Carry on.
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