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Originally Posted by slipk1068
Without Somers support, the American League would have folded in its early years. Around 1910, Somers was struggling financially, so Connie Mack sent him Joe Jackson as a gift. There should probably be a Charles Somers monument in every American League ballpark  |
If this is true there should be a Connie Mack statue in every American Ballpark. Except perhaps Chicago, where Joe Jackson's tenure didn't end well.
Still, if they could keep Comiskey's name on the ballpark for 80 more years, perhaps they've forgiven Jackson as well.