Home Run Baker
I got a cool 10-card W551 strip last night in the REA Auction, with 8 HOF’ers, including Ruth, Cobb, Johnson, Home Run Baker, and others. I didn’t know much about Baker, so I checked him out on Wikipedia. In addition to hitting home runs, he apparently intervened to prevent a lynching in Easton, MD, in 1924, which dwarfs his many accomplishments on the ball field. Wanted to make sure Net54 knew about it.
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