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Originally Posted by tedzan
It was plays like that, that Babe Ruth is quoted as saying...."Hal Chase is the greatest 1st Baseman in Baseball" (of course Ruth said that prior to Lou Gehrig joining the Yankees).
Babe Ruth has spoken....so who are we to judge Hal Chase.
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But if you had one game to win, could you trust him? I'd take Konetchy, Chance, Merkle, Davis.... actually anybody but Chase.
Chase was the original "money" player....... but the money he was playing for was what would end up in his own pocket at the end of the day.