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Thursday, April 15, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 4-15-2021New York Tribune, April 15, 1921:
New York sportswriters were a tough crowd. Still are, I guess. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: April 15, 2021 at 12:18 PM | 3 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history Monday, April 12, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 4-12-2021Washington Herald, April 12, 1921:
Harding, of course, would have attended opening day at the Teapot Dome if it had been an option. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: April 12, 2021 at 12:19 PM | 10 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history Thursday, April 08, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 4-8-2021Pueblo Chieftain, April 8, 1921:
So because Kauff was indicted without a chance to defend himself, he was suspended without a chance to defend himself. Got it. Elsewhere, Home Run Baker is considering quitting the Yankees to play for an independent team in Chester, PA because he’s upset that Landis plans to hold a hearing over Baker’s participation in independent ball. Sounds like the commissioner was making measured decisions and not at all completely out of control. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: April 08, 2021 at 12:44 PM | 9 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history Tuesday, April 06, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 4-6-2021Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 6, 1921:
I’m not trying to be snarky or make light of his injury, but he would have been wearing a prosthetic when he stole those bases, right? It’s impressive either way, but I can’t even fathom a person stealing a base on one leg. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: April 06, 2021 at 12:45 PM | 6 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history Friday, April 02, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 4-2-2021Pittsburgh Press, April 2, 1921:
Molesworth got his man; Traynor went to Birmingham and hit .336. By 1923, Pie was hitting .338 in the majors on his way to a Hall of Fame career. Traynor might be a fringy-at-best Hall of Famer, but he was a damn good player. Also, McKechnie was a little more than a year away from managing Traynor and the Pirates. That went pretty well. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: April 02, 2021 at 11:52 AM | 17 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history Thursday, April 01, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 4-1-2021Sports Illustrated, April 1, 1985:
Finch was the best pitching prospect of my lifetime. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: April 01, 2021 at 12:09 PM | 16 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history Friday, March 26, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 3-26-2021Pueblo Chieftain, March 26, 1921:
It almost sounds like a…college…of coaches. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: March 26, 2021 at 12:33 PM | 7 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history Thursday, March 25, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 3-25-2021Toledo News-Bee, March 25, 1921:
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here. >open mailbox Opening the small mailbox reveals a leaflet. >read leaflet (Taken) “YOU ARE BANNED FOREVER!” >drop leaflet Dropped. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: March 25, 2021 at 01:40 PM | 14 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history, zork Wednesday, March 17, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 3-17-2021Pittsburgh Press, March 17, 1921:
...and thus ended the criminal prosecution of the Black Sox. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: March 17, 2021 at 01:26 PM | 10 comment(s)
Beats: black sox, dugout, history Monday, March 15, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 3-15-2021Arizona Republican, March 15, 1921:
Playing prison baseball is all well and good until they start using the reserve clause to keep you on the team forever. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: March 15, 2021 at 01:36 PM | 8 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history Friday, March 12, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 3-12-2021New York Herald, March 12, 1921:
Toney says he pulled himself out of the game immediately and told John McGraw what had happened. According to Toney, McGraw told him Benny Kauff had said the same thing - and now Zimmerman was accusing Toney and Kauff of being crooked. In possibly unrelated news, Commissioner Landis says he doesn’t want Kauff to take the field until the auto theft charges against him are cleared up. Landis also didn’t want Kauff on the field after he was cleared, as it turned out. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: March 12, 2021 at 11:53 AM | 14 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history Wednesday, March 10, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 3-10-2021Tulsa Daily World, March 10, 1921:
I imagine the Babe would have spent a few innings selling beer if not for prohibition. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: March 10, 2021 at 01:12 PM | 12 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history Friday, March 05, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 3-5-2021Toledo News-Bee, March 5, 1921:
That’s horrible luck. This Harry Harper* never did make it to the big leagues despite hitting .317 for Spokane (Class B) in 1916, .382 for Tacoma (B) in 1917, .346 for Little Rock (A) in 1920, .332 for Little Rock (A) in 1921, and .315 for Birmingham (A) in 1922. Clearly the guy could hit, but for whatever reason nobody gave him a shot. His roommates named in the article: Byrd Lynn, Howard Ehmke, Oscar Horstmann, Dutch Ruether, Ken Williams, Ira Flagstead, Charlie Pechous, Bob O’Farrell, Tom Taggart, Ike Caveney, Lyle Bigbee, and Tony Brottem. I have absolutely no idea who Tom Taggart is. Nobody with that name is listed on BB-Ref. * - there was an MLB pitcher with the same name at the same time. Different guy though. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: March 05, 2021 at 01:34 PM | 10 comment(s)
Beats: bad luck, dugout, history Monday, March 01, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 3-1-2021Toledo News-Bee, March 1, 1921:
The Ray Chapman story just kept getting sadder and sadder. Ray’s wife Katie died in 1928 and their daughter Rae passed away in 1929. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: March 01, 2021 at 11:02 AM | 18 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history Monday, February 22, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 2-22-2021South Bend News-Times, February 22, 1921:
It wouldn’t have been a surprise at all; Babe completely broke baseball in a way that nobody else has ever broken a sport. Maybe Don Hutson in the NFL. Ruth and Hutson were playing 4D chess while everyone else was busy playing tiddly winks. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: February 22, 2021 at 12:43 PM | 14 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history Friday, February 19, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 2-19-2021New York Tribune, February 19, 1921:
I’ve said it before, but it’s a huge bummer people didn’t get behind this league. It really could have sped up integration of the white major leagues. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: February 19, 2021 at 01:17 PM | 12 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history Thursday, February 18, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 2-18-2021Indiana Daily Times, February 18, 1921:
Oh really, Mr. Fudge Orgies and Nicotine Sprees? Diet is important? Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: February 18, 2021 at 02:26 PM | 12 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history Tuesday, February 16, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 2-16-2021Pittsburgh Press, February 16, 1921:
It took a few years for someone to make him an everyday outfielder, but O’Doul did make Huggins look like a sucker. Lefty led the majors in batting average, hits, on-base percentage, and plate appearances in 1929. A Babe Ruth-Bob Meusel-Lefty O’Doul outfield would have been completely unfair offensively, though I have no idea which of them would have been asked to fake center field. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: February 16, 2021 at 01:29 PM | 8 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history Monday, February 15, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 2-15-2021Arizona Republican, February 15, 1921:
Welty was a lame duck congressman from rural West Central Ohio who was weeks away from leaving office. This didn’t really go anywhere; things died down for a bit after Welty went back to Lima. Eventually Landis resigned, but he waited long enough to make it look like he hadn’t been chased away. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: February 15, 2021 at 12:12 PM | 4 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history Thursday, February 11, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 2-11-2021Pittsburgh Press, February 11, 1921:
It’s just as well; it would have been dangerous to have that amount of salt on the shores of one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: February 11, 2021 at 01:42 PM | 17 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history Friday, February 05, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 2-5-2021Pittsburgh Press, February 5, 1921:
At age 23 in 1920, Curt Walker hit .299 in the Sally League. At age 23 in 1910, Ty Cobb won his fourth consecutive American League batting crown. Curt Walker was a good player - his career WAR total puts him about even with Trot Nixon and Nick Swisher, a bit behind Danny Tartabull and Jay Buhner but a bit ahead of Joe Carter and Jermaine Dye. That’s a fine ballplayer, but it’s no Ty Cobb. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: February 05, 2021 at 12:44 PM | 10 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history Thursday, February 04, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 2-4-2021[New Haven] Connecticut Labor News, February 4, 1921:
60.5 feet in a fifth of a second is 302.5 feet per second. 302.5 feet per second is 206.25 MPH. I know they hadn’t yet come up with the precision technology we have now, but still: that’s a hell of a fastball. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: February 04, 2021 at 12:36 PM | 9 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history Monday, February 01, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 2-1-2021Pueblo Chieftain, February 1, 1921:
As much fun as it is to accuse the Yankees of being evil, in this case they weren’t trying to kick a bunch of orphans onto the street. The orphanage wanted to go from having one massive building to having a bunch of smaller buildings. Elsewhere on the linked page, we see that Commissioner Landis addressed a church in Evanston, Illinois over the weekend and discussed his plans to end corruption in baseball. Look, I’m not here to tell anyone how to practice religion, but apart from Annie Savoy, I’m not sure there are a bunch of people hoping to hear anti-gambling plans from the commissioner of baseball during their weekly worship service. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: February 01, 2021 at 11:44 AM | 11 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history Friday, January 29, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 1-29-2021Toledo News-Bee, January 29, 1921:
The ‘21 Yankees won 98 games and finished 4.5 games ahead of second-place Cleveland. Babe Ruth hit .378 and put up 119 extra-base hits including 59 home runs. As predictions go, this one was pretty solid. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: January 29, 2021 at 01:06 PM | 2 comment(s)
Beats: dugout, history Tuesday, January 26, 2021Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 1-26-2021Bridgeport Times, January 26, 1921:
It would have been so cool if this league had been successful. I mean, not as cool as it would have been for guys like Cristobal Torriente and Rube Foster to be allowed to play in the big leagues alongside Ty Cobb and Walter Johnson. That would have been way cooler. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: January 26, 2021 at 12:15 PM | 4 comment(s)
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