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Originally Posted by Jason19th
Oms is a really interesting test case. He is actually one of my favorite players and I have collected him for years. He was a dominant player in all of the leagues that he played in and put up incredible batting numbers. He was also about 5 foot 5inches tall and would be the shortest MLB regular in history. I wonder if his game would have completely translated
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There's been some talk of Oms, whose career I've found fascinating, Cristobal Torriente is another slugger that I'd throw into the ring as well. Pitchers like Rube Foster would be another interesting case.
I obviously can't level the blame solely at the feet at Cap Anson, but I know he initially refused to get on the field with a player of color, and it snowballed from there. An absolute shame so many of these guys never saw the MLB and now we have to ask the constant "what if?" question.
On a much lighter note, imagine the cards of these guys we could've gotten!
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