My great great uncle Elmer Miller played for the Yankees in 1921 and 1922. He was a team mate of Ruth's playing Center field. In 1921, he was the lead off batter for the Yankees and he got a single becoming the first Yankee to ever get a hit in a World Series, they sacrificed to get him to second and Ruth drove him in making the first ever run scored by a Yankee in a World Series.
The giants eventually won the series over the Yankees as the first subway series. In 1922, he was traded to the Red Sox in a multi player deal that eventually paved to way for todays non waiver trade rule before the end of July. He retired after 1922 and went on to manage a team in Beloit Wisconsin.
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Favorite MLB quote. " I knew we could find a place to hide you". Lee Smith talking about my catching abilities at Cubs Fantasy camp.
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