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Al Brancato This Article Was Written by David E
Al Brancato This article was written by David E. Skelton The fractured skull Philadelphia Athletics shortstop Skeeter Newsome suffered on April 9, 1938 left a gaping hole in the club’s defense. Ten players, including Newsome after he recovered, attempted to fill the void through the 1939 season. One was Al Brancato, a 20- year-old September call-up from Class-A ball who had never played shortstop professionally. Enticed by the youngster’s cannon right arm, Athletics manager Connie Mack moved him from third base to short in 1940. On June 21, after watching Brancato retire Chicago White Sox great Luke Appling on a hard-hit grounder, Mack exclaimed, “There’s no telling how good that boy is going to be.”1 Though no one in the organization expected the diminutive (5-feet-nine and 188 pounds) Philadelphia native’s offense to cause fans to forget former Athletics infield greats Home Run Baker or Eddie Collins, the club was satisfied that Brancato could fill in defensively. “You keep on fielding the way you are and I’ll do the worrying about your hitting,” Mack told Brancato in May 1941.2 Ironically, the youngster’s defensive skills would fail him before the season ended. In September, as the club spiraled to its eighth straight losing season, “baseball’s grand old gentleman” lashed out. “The infielders—[Benny] McCoy, Brancato and [Pete] Suder—are terrible,” Mack grumbled. “They have hit bottom. Suder is so slow it is painful to watch him; Brancato is erratic and McCoy is—oh, he’s just McCoy, that’s all.” 3 After the season ended Brancato enlisted in the US Navy following the country’s entry into the Second World War. -
Debut Year Player Hall of Fame Item Grade 1871 Doug Allison Letter
PSA/DNA Full LOA PSA/DNA Pre-Certified Not Reviewed The Jack Smalling Collection Debut Year Player Hall of Fame Item Grade 1871 Doug Allison Letter Cap Anson HOF Letter 7 Al Reach Letter Deacon White HOF Cut 8 Nicholas Young Letter 1872 Jack Remsen Letter 1874 Billy Barnie Letter Tommy Bond Cut Morgan Bulkeley HOF Cut 9 Jack Chapman Letter 1875 Fred Goldsmith Cut 1876 Foghorn Bradley Cut 1877 Jack Gleason Cut 1878 Phil Powers Letter 1879 Hick Carpenter Cut Barney Gilligan Cut Jack Glasscock Index Horace Phillips Letter 1880 Frank Bancroft Letter Ned Hanlon HOF Letter 7 Arlie Latham Index Mickey Welch HOF Index 9 Art Whitney Cut 1882 Bill Gleason Cut Jake Seymour Letter Ren Wylie Cut 1883 Cal Broughton Cut Bob Emslie Cut John Humphries Cut Joe Mulvey Letter Jim Mutrie Cut Walter Prince Cut Dupee Shaw Cut Billy Sunday Index 1884 Ed Andrews Letter Al Atkinson Index Charley Bassett Letter Frank Foreman Index Joe Gunson Cut John Kirby Letter Tom Lynch Cut Al Maul Cut Abner Powell Index Gus Schmeltz Letter Phenomenal Smith Cut Chief Zimmer Cut 1885 John Tener Cut 1886 Dan Dugdale Letter Connie Mack HOF Index Joe Murphy Cut Wilbert Robinson HOF Cut 8 Billy Shindle Cut Mike Smith Cut Farmer Vaughn Letter 1887 Jocko Fields Cut Joseph Herr Cut Jack O'Connor Cut Frank Scheibeck Cut George Tebeau Letter Gus Weyhing Cut 1888 Hugh Duffy HOF Index Frank Dwyer Cut Dummy Hoy Index Mike Kilroy Cut Phil Knell Cut Bob Leadley Letter Pete McShannic Cut Scott Stratton Letter 1889 George Bausewine Index Jack Doyle Index Jesse Duryea Cut Hank Gastright Letter -
National :Pastime
THE National :::::::::: Pastime A REVIEW OF BASEBALL HISTORY CONTENTS The Old Brawl Game Art Ahrens 3 The Spitball and the End of the Deadball Era Steve L. Steinberg 7 August 10, 1883: Toledo, Ohio and Baseball's Color Line David L. Fleitz 18 The Legend of Wild Bill Setley Scott Fiesthumel 22 Cyril "Cy" Buker Jim Sargent 26 George Brace: Baseball's Foremost Photographer James D. Smith III 31 Let's Play Three! .......•................................ David McDonald 40 The Sporting News During WWII Eric Moskowitz 44 The Robinsons in Montreal Alain Usereau 55 The Nashville Seraphs, 1895 Bill Traughber 57 The Biggest Little Town in Organized Ball Dr. J. M. Dempsey 60 Joe Borden Rich Westcott 69 The Boston Pilgrims Never Existed Bill Nowlin 71 The 100th Anniversary of Dummy vs. Dummy Randy Fisher & James Goodwin 77 Rogers Hornsby in 1932 Duane Winn 79 John Carden Bill Hickman 82 An Explanation of the Negro Leagues Sammy J. Miller 86 George Sisler and the End of the National Commission Sam Bernstein 92 The Statistical Impact of WWII on Position Players Steve Bullock 97 Ted Williams in 1941 Paul Warburton 106 Is There a Home Field Advantage in the World Series? Alan Abramowitz 113 Ducky and The Lip in Italy Tom Barthel 115 Al Reach and Ben Shibe Jerrold Casway 124 Editor: James Charlton Copy Editor: John Paine Designer: Glenn LeDoux Designated readers and peer reviewers: Phil Birnbaum, Tom Simon, Lyle Spatz, John Zajc, Jules Tygiel, Bob Schaefer, Norman Macht, Charlie Bevis, Bill Nowlin, John Pastier, Merritt Clifton, Dixie Tourangeau, Bill Mead, Keith Carlson, Steve Gietschier, Dick Thompson. -
Clubbie: Two Seasons with Baseball's Broken Dreamers
Old Dominion University ODU Digital Commons English Theses & Dissertations English Spring 2017 Clubbie: Two Seasons with Baseball's Broken Dreamers Gregory Scott Larson Old Dominion University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/english_etds Part of the Creative Writing Commons Recommended Citation Larson, Gregory S.. "Clubbie: Two Seasons with Baseball's Broken Dreamers" (2017). Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Thesis, English, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/fqsy-bn92 https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/english_etds/28 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the English at ODU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in English Theses & Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ODU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CLUBBIE: TWO SEASONS WITH BASEBALL’S BROKEN DREAMERS by Gregory Scott Larson B.A. May 2011, Winthrop University A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Old Dominion University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF FINE ARTS CREATIVE WRITING OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY May 2017 Approved by: Michael Pearson (Director) Joe Cosco (Member) Joe Jackson (Member) ABSTRACT CLUBBIE: TWO SEASONS WITH BASEBALL’S BROKEN DREAMERS Gregory Scott Larson Old Dominion, University, 2017 Director: Dr. Michael Pearson The main theme of this manuscript is disillusionment. In order for this theme to hit home, I needed the character called Greg Larson, along with the reader, and (for the most part) the narrator, to discover this world of minor league baseball at the same time. This would allow me to tease the illusion—to set up baseball as this grand nostalgic enterprise in the beginning in a way that all three of us could believe it (with the exception of some expository asides from the narrator). -
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TO MY FELLOW HOBBYISTS, with Our First Auction of the Year Now Behind Us, We Embark on Round 2 for 2009
TO MY FELLOW HOBBYISTS, With our first auction of the year now behind us, we embark on Round 2 for 2009. In honor of the 100th anniversary of the T206 set, our current auction features a completely SGC graded base set missing only the “Big 4.” The Plank and Magie are offered as well. Our much-discussed innovation of a “tiered buyer's premium” was met with mostly positive comments, so we are sticking with it. It really does put more money in the consignors' pocket for high-end items and saves money for bidders as well. We, as always, welcome your feedback, which keeps us focused and committed to bringing you the best auction in all facets. Our team at Huggins and Scott has once again assembled a fantastic array of rare, unusual and one-of-a-kind items for this sale. Dave Stoddard continues to outdo himself, adding new features that keep our site simple and user friendly. Our head writer Kevin Heffner has added yet another writer to his staff, Randy (Country) Curtis, who joins Mark Raines, James Feagin, and Matt Flores as the pen and ink, while Collin Corbin and his staff have again treated us to some stunning images. Mark Spinrad and Jamey Austin have swept the catalog for #@%#”s, while Josh Wulkan and Stefan Wisinski have given Mike and Sally Henry the “canvas and paint” they need for them to create another masterpiece. Kris Fraley did another amazing job, sending out almost 1400 lots in a safe and timely manner. Great job, Kris!! Barry Malkin's eagle eyes have once again spotted some high-grade gems!! Our constantly growing nationwide staff of consignor reps (now at 35 strong), led by the tireless Steve Dickler, have gathered another fine assortment of “goodies.” Should you have items or an entire collection you are thinking about selling, a full list of our well-quali- fied reps, along with their contact info, is available in this catalog.