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[2/2 ...more of an issue reflecting society. While it is true that something close to segregation basically existed in society, and the laws and customs encouraged it, Anson used his position to encourage it. The author isn’t totally wrong about retroactively applying standards, but that’s more because it’s silly to condemn past peoples for not adopting philosophies that did not yet exist.]
— May 05, 2018 03:36PM
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[1/2 This is a good bio, but I have to take issue with s’thing. Cap Anson is not “retroactively pilloried” for his “refusal to play against...a black player” (this is an error, he did play black teams), but for establishing the color line (see Fleetwood Walker). Baseball historians debate precisely how much blame he deserve (Lawrence Hogan’s excellent book on the Negro Leagues tends view it as more...]
— May 05, 2018 03:22PM
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[Amusingly, it was once possible for a coach to barrel into the catcher to assist the runner, as long as both stood in foul territory. In 1914, there was an case in which Brooklyn coach Miller Huggins asked to look at the ball, only to allow the tossed ball to roll past him-thus allowing a run to score. A rule was inserted to prevent similar incidents.]
— May 03, 2018 11:31AM
