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Old 04-26-2019, 09:17 PM
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Default 1933 Baseball Article: I Bought $1mil of Men
I work at a library and found this among the journals. Scout who bought Zach Wheat and Casey Stengel among others. I'm hoping the scanner quality is good enough to read....
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Still playing around to see if I can get readability above average.
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Hopefully this is readable too
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Thanks for sharing!!
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That is a great read and its would have been pretty amazing to see what he had seen in his life as a scout and fan.
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This was a very enjoyable read - thanks for posting it!
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"I picked Casey Stengel on the strength of his freckles and blond hair"

... I thought only women did that
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Interesting read and I agree with another poster, what a great life and you can only imagine what he experienced in his many travels!
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"I picked Casey Stengel on the strength of his freckles and blond hair"

... I thought only women did that

Sounds like how Dave Gettleman picks football players.





Sorry, bitter NY Giants fan here.

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