phlflyer1
08-29-2009, 01:08 PM
Thought some of you might enjoy this article on McGraw and his relationship with those "terrible" fans from Philadelphia.
http://tinyurl.com/mr44qo
Enjoy!
Scott
Kawika
08-29-2009, 01:41 PM
"A pugnacious cocksure hell-raiser who loved to gamble and play dirty. He cursed, argued, fought and antagonized, all with a sneering glee." Thought he was talking about Marshall there for a sec. (Just horsing around, RM; we're still cool).
Thanks, Scott, for the link and a great read of those rough-and-tumble days. I just started reading Charles Alexander's bio of McGraw but haven't gotten to the part where he was taking on all comers. He looked less like a scrapper and more like a choir boy in his younger days. Looks can be deceiving.
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/bbbofsfirstclass/holygrailcards/websize/W600%20McGraw.jpg
tedzan
08-29-2009, 02:06 PM
Very interesting....thanks for sharing this with us.
I would say that the Boston (AL) fans hated McGraw even more than the A's fans. Mugsy wielded so much power back in 1904
that he refused to play Boston in the World Series because he considered them unworthy. He declared his Giants the "World
Champions".
Before Babe Ruth, Boston was hexed by McGraw....and, as call it poetic (or what), it took exactly 100 years for Boston to finally
become World Champions.
TED Z