Comiskey sometimes gets a little extra love (as opposed to other executives in the HOF), because he was the player/manager of the St. Louis Brown Stockings of the American Association (another Major League) during the 1880s. They won 4 straight pennants under him (1885-88). This is important stuff if you are a St. Louis CARDINAL fan, since this is the team that eventually became the current Cardinals. (Although you wouldn't know that, if you only listened to the current team's media reports - for SOME reason, they don't acknowledge the team's history prior to 1892).
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