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Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Bridgeport Times, August 25, 1921: Declaring that an active doubt existed as to the value of professional baseball in American life, the Chicago Tribune has announced on its editorial page that it had curtailed its baseball reports in favor of other sports, particularly amateur games.
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[The Tribune writes that] “Professional baseball is a stimulus for boys, but journalism has overfed it with space. Amateur sports seldom produce the ability of professional sports but they produce sound citizenry.”
It’s a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for them.
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1. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee) Posted: August 25, 2021 at 08:23 AM (#6036183)C: Choo-Choo Coleman (-0.7 WAR)
1B: Logan Morrison (3.9 WAR)
2B: Max Muncy (15.4 WAR)
3B: Tony Boeckel (9.3 WAR)
SS: Bob Meacham (3.9 WAR)
LF: Albert Belle (40.1 WAR)
CF: Gary Matthews Jr. (14.2 WAR)
RF: Justin Upton (32.8 WAR)
SP: Dick Rudolph (23.1 WAR)
SP: Adam Warren (6.6 WAR)
SP: Rube Kroh (3.3 WAR)
SP: Bob Milliken (2.0 WAR)
SP: Pete Redfern (1.5 WAR)
RP: Rollie Fingers (25.6 WAR)
RP: Dave Heaverlo (7.4 WAR)
RP: Pedro Feliciano (5.7 WAR)
RP: THE Dooley Womack (5.0 WAR)
RP: Bob Lacey (4.2 WAR)
Manager: Darrell Johnson
Bench OF: Doug Glanville (10.9 WAR)
Bench OF/user of municipal water: Oddibe McDowell (10.7 WAR)
Fun names: Fred Frink, Buzz Wetzel, Duff Brumley, Pea Ridge Day
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