Nepoleon?
I don’t want to read into this too much, but I am bothered by the misspelling “Nepoleon”. By 1907, Lajoie was 2 yrs into his player-manager role in Cleveland. He arguably had the greatest name recognition on the team just from that, but by this time the team was also being referred to as the “Naps” as well. Who misspells his name in that situation? Sure mistakes happen, and it could absolutely be just that, but come on, man…they’re the Naps, not the Neps! For this reason alone, and with no other info backing it up, I don’t think this item is from Lajoie’s time in Cleveland. My vote is that this hails from his Philadelphia years, before 1902.
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Jason
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