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Originally Posted by steve B
Ummm.....
The rest is a bit of a more complicated version of what John has said. Plank was a victim of bad planning or timing or something. That's the simple explanation.
Of course with a year and a half to include him later the question becomes what exactly happened. I can't really see Plank getting dropped because of simple bad timing and not added back in later. So the question becomes what exactly happened. Maybe they really did simply make a mistake and didn't catch it.
Steve B
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This scenario is too arbitrary, or hap-hazard to me. First, by the end of 1908, Plank had won 150 games in less than 1/2 of his career. He was a "Big-Big Name" !
2nd, as is evident throughout the better part of the T206 set, ALC's planning was pretty damn good.
My thinking in this matter is....when ALC representatives went down to Spring Training in February/March 1909, they were getting permission from these players.
If we include Plank, 21 of the these 36 guys in this format are Pitchers & Catchers. Some of them gave written permission and others vocal. Perhaps, Plank gave
his say-so to ALC then.
However, when Wagner later went public with his anti-tobacco "rant". Plank had a change of mind.
Isn't it funny.....Wagner smoked Cigars throughout his years.....so I found his public rant insincere.
Anyhow, that';s how I see it.
TED Z