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Shoeless Joe a Yankee? It almost happened.
Posted By: Bob
I was reading an article in the Warren, Ohio newspaper dated February 20, 1918 in which it reported a meeting between Miller Huggins, Colonel Ruppert (Yanks owner), Ban Johnson (AL prez) and Charles Comiskey. The Yanks were in desperate need of a power hitter, it said, and during the meeting a deal was almost struck which would have sent Joe to NY. Ban Johnson was told that it was important for the sake of the AL that New York have a strong team and attempts to get Hughie Jennings and the Tigers owner to trade Cobb to NY had fallen through. Comiskey couldn't quite pull the trigger on the deal and the article told how Comiskey was a real "sportsman who would prefer to win the pennant than make a million dollars." (cough, hack...) |
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Shoeless Joe a Yankee? It almost happened.
Posted By: Frank Evanov
Wow, the ultimate "what if?" Joe never gets suspended. Makes the HOF first year...Babe still gets traded because Frazee needed the money, but to whom?? Great story. |
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Shoeless Joe a Yankee? It almost happened.
Posted By: Gilbert Maines
I guess that lots of possible offers are discussed. I recently read that Comiskey offered $40 or 60,000 and Jackson for Ruth. But that pot was not rich enough. |
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Shoeless Joe a Yankee? It almost happened.
Posted By: David Smith
that never happened has to be Williams for DiMaggio |
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Shoeless Joe a Yankee? It almost happened.
Posted By: Paul
Isn't it odd that the Yankees were looking for a power hitter in the dead ball era? |
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Shoeless Joe a Yankee? It almost happened.
Posted By: Bob
Maybe they were clairvoyant. It was after Mays killed Chapman that all of a sudden the umps were instructed to throw a shiny new ball in and use it at all time instead of playing an entire game with 2-3 balls, all of which were cut, gouged, sliced, torn and stained with tobacco juice, licorice and God knows what else to point of becoming black. |
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Shoeless Joe a Yankee? It almost happened.
Posted By: Chad
What if the Red Sox hadn't been blinded by color and took their scout's advice to sign Mays and Aaron. Not to mention, what if they signed Jackie Robinson when they tried him out instead of nonchalantly telling him he wasn't major league material. |
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Shoeless Joe a Yankee? It almost happened.
Posted By: Josh Adams
Thank god Joe never defected to the Evil Empire. |
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