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Ty Cobb, Hugh Chalmers, and the Conspiracy that Launched Baseball’s MVP Award

“Of course, any publicity is good publicity … until it’s not. A well-timed scandal was priceless, but Chalmers understood that for the award to have any credibility moving forward, he would have to avoid a repeat of the 1910 batting-race fiasco.”

It’s MLB awards season! A little history for ya.

gehrig97 Posted: November 09, 2022 at 07:33 AM | 3 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
Tags: honus wagner, most valuable player, mvp, nap lajoie, ty cobb

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1. Hombre Brotani

Posted: November 09, 2022 at 09:45 PM (#6104970)

Nice link, thank you for that. I've always known about the Chalmers Award, but next to nothing about Chalmers himself. This was a fun quick read.

2. Pat Rapper's Delight (as quoted on MLB Network) Posted: November 10, 2022 at 10:05 AM (#6104998)

Supernintendo Chalmers?

3. gehrig97 Posted: November 10, 2022 at 10:54 AM (#6105000)

@1: Thanks for the comment. Yeah, given his contributions to the game you'd think he'd occupy a more prominent place in the narrative.

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