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| The Bisbee Daily Review - June 21, 1921 |
Monday, November 25, 2013
Monday, November 18, 2013
He ain't heavy... Oh, wait. Yes he is.
Looking through some Knoxville newspapers this weekend yielded this nugget, which must have been sent out on the wires.
That "is some heavy". How much heavy?
Here's another claim to be the biggest and heaviest team.
That also "is some heavy".
Let's compare that to a modern team. I've selected the Boston Red Sox starting nine for the 6th game of the 2013 World Series.
2013 weight info from Baseball-Reference.com.
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| Palestine Daily Herald - July 5, 1910 |
That "is some heavy". How much heavy?
| Team | Weight | |
| Pygmies | total weight | 4827 |
| average weight | 536 |
Here's another claim to be the biggest and heaviest team.
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| Rock Island Argus - June 21, 1910 |
That also "is some heavy".
| Team | Weight | |
| Fat Men | total weight | 3715 |
| average weight | 413 |
Let's compare that to a modern team. I've selected the Boston Red Sox starting nine for the 6th game of the 2013 World Series.
| Name | Position | Weight |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | CF | 195 |
| Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 165 |
| David Ortiz | 1B | 250 |
| Jonny Gomes | LF | 230 |
| Daniel Nava | RF | 200 |
| Xander Bogaerts | 3B | 185 |
| Stephen Drew | SS | 190 |
| David Ross | C | 230 |
| Jon Lester | P | 240 |
| total weight | 1885 | |
| average weight | 209 |
2013 weight info from Baseball-Reference.com.
Monday, November 11, 2013
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Monday, November 4, 2013
The Yellow Kid and Baseball
John Thorn, the Official Historian of MLB, shared a photo on facebook of a pin featuring The Yellow Kid holding a baseball bat. That sparked me to research what other baseball and The Yellow Kid connections there were. I found a few.
Apparently Hogan's Alley was popular enough to be spun into a theatre production.
A bit about the origin of "The Yellow Kid" from an article titled: Something About the Comic Artists Who Draw the Funny Pictures in the Sunday Papers
Several non professional teams around the nation used the nickname of The Yellow Kids.
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| Tacoma Daily News - December 31, 1898 |
Apparently Hogan's Alley was popular enough to be spun into a theatre production.
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| Tacoma Daily News - December 31, 1898 |
A bit about the origin of "The Yellow Kid" from an article titled: Something About the Comic Artists Who Draw the Funny Pictures in the Sunday Papers
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| Evansville Courier and Press - June 4, 1905 |
Several non professional teams around the nation used the nickname of The Yellow Kids.
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| The Herald (New Orleans) - April 18, 1912 |