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Originally Posted by piecesofthegame
I find all these obscure facts about obscure players very I interesting. I think someone (not me) needs to write a book about “The 25 Most Obscure Players From T206 and What Happened to Them After Baseball”. Who’s gonna write it?
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I've spent most of my life compiling a manuscript of what happened to every MLB player from 1876-2000, in addition to keeping track of causes of death. I have info for over 97% of all players from those 125 seasons. I have to agree with the poster right after you who replied, "Who's going to read it?". Obviously, it would have an audience, but is it worth my time to publish? Thus far, I've found it's been more beneficial to me to keep the info and use it for my own gain. Definitely more selfish than altruistic. There are other reasons to keep a lot of this info to myself, though. There's the chance that anyone still living may take (legal) issue with the publication of information that's not found in publicly accessible areas, let alone any little typo or incorrect fact that may have slipped through the cracks. Imagine having to cite sources for every bit of information gleaned for thousands of players? Thankfully, I've kept all of those citations, but what an absolute nightmare it would be to deal with. And for what, next to no money?