End of the Road for Cuban Baseball Player Marsans
Of the earliest Cuban players in the Major Leagues, Marsans had greatest success, with a career covering eight years, with four different teams. For most of the 1910s he played outfield as a regular, mostly in the National League. Taskmaster John McGraw of the New York Giants obviously liked Marsans work, his speed as well ...
No longer Anonymous – A Professional BaseBall Player? Yes Indeed!
You can tell a real ball player from a pretender in a photograph. You can also tell a professional from an amateur just from the way they wear their uniform. One look at our anonymous subject, now identified, thanks to Bob Mayer, as Edwin Dikeman, one of the founders of the Goshen (NY) Monitors. There was ...
1914 World Series Prologue
“And what’s that big, pink elephant doing in the left field stands?” asks Boston Braves captain Johnny Evers. The discussion is going on at home plate before game two of the World Series in Shibe Park on October 10, 1914. Ira Thomas represents the Philadelphia Athletics, while the umpiring crew includes Bill Dinneen (obscured), George ...
