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Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 12-9-2011
Pittsburgh Press, December 9, 1911:
President Thomas J. Lynch of the National league will be re-elected at the annual meeting in the Waldorf-Astoria next week. Murphy of Chicago, who was supposed to be against him, has hoisted the white flag and is crying “Lynch forever!” Ebbets of Brooklyn, another insurgent, now declares that Lynch…hasn’t made such a bad president after all.
...Garry Herrmann of Cincinnati has insured Lynch’s reelection by the use of methods typical of baseball magnates. He has a copy of a letter in his inside pocket which if made public would cause an explosion in the ranks of organized baseball.
Anyone know what was in the letter? OTOH, Herrmann seems to have said a lot of things that weren’t true, so I’m taking this with about a zillion grains of salt.
Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
Posted: December 09, 2011 at 10:02 AM | 6 comment(s)
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1. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee) Posted: December 09, 2011 at 10:12 AM (#4011266)C: Hank Camelli
1B: Chuck Kress
2B: Juan Samuel
3B: Tony Batista
SS: Joe DeMaestri
LF: Joe Kelley
CF: Del Unser
RF/SP: Cy Seymour
SP: Doc Medich
SP: Jim Merritt
SP: Todd Van Poppel
SP: Mat Latos
RP: Darold Knowles
RF when Seymour pitches: Fred Lewis
Satanic Dismemberment Specialist: Chris Truby
Other itmes noted in the link above having their anniversary today: Sox sign Jermaine Dye, Marge Schott apologizes, Atlanta makes maybe the greatest free agent signing in MLB history, the Yankees trade Fred McGriff and Mike Morgan in one transaction, Philly trades Julio Franco to the Indians, Pittsburgh trades Bert Blyleven to the Indians, the Cubs trade Bruce Sutter to the Cardinals, Detroit trades Ben Oglivie to Milwaukee, Cincy trades Frank Robinson to Baltimore for fan outrage to be named later, the White Sox trade one of their five future All-Stars away in the 1959-60 off-season, Branch Rickey dies, and Bob Feller enlists.
Possibly something related to the hidden cross-ownerships among teams in that era. Specifically, perhaps, that the Cubs' Murphy had a significant holding in Phillies stock, along with his patron Charles Taft, half-brother of the president. See Harold Seymour, "Baseball: The Golden Age," pp. 31-32.
-- MWE
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