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Posted By: <b>Nathan</b><p>Glad to see Luther Taylor get some love...see below...<br /><br /><br />Luther “Dummy” Taylor Day at the Royals to honor historic Olathean 3/6/2007<br /><br />Luther “Dummy” Taylor, one of the premier pitchers in the major leagues in the early 1900s and a graduate of the Kansas School for the Deaf, will be honored Saturday, June 30, at the Kansas City Royals/Chicago White Sox game at Kauffman Stadium. <br /><br />Luther, who was deaf, was instrumental in the development of sign language still used in baseball today. Tickets for premiere seating in the View Level will be $14. Dinner and game seats for $125 in the Stadium Club.<br /><br />The honor of throwing the first pitch will be auctioned off during National Tourism Week, May 12-20. Pregame activities and a tribute are also planned. The first 10,000 fans through the gate will receive a commemorative baseball card depicting Taylor. Proceeds will benefit the Kansas Education Foundation and Olathe's Deaf Cultural Center. <br /><br />For information call the Deaf Cultural Center at (913) 782-5808 or the Olathe Chamber Sports Commission at (913) 764-1050. <br />

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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>Well the Net54 board had little to say on this one...<br /><br /><br />How about this.<br /><br />Taylor pitched for John McGraw's Giants. McGraw liked Taylor, maybe because he didn't talk back to Mack. McGraw learned a bit of sign language so they could communicate. One day they were sharing opinions about how umpire Tin Hurst was calling a game, but they didn't know Hurst had a deaf relative, so the umpire was also able to sign. Hurst ejected both McGraw and Taylor from the game.

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Posted By: <b>George Dreher</b><p>Frank, that's a great story. I laughed after I read it.

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Posted By: <b>dstudeba</b><p>Thanks Frank, I enjoyed that one also.

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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>Thank you, guys. It is stuff like that, about the players, that adds to my interest in their cards. Don't 'ya reckon that every picture tells a story...