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TBobTodd- I thought you said 1925 but I checked and you did say 1926. In 1924 and 1925 the Washington Senators were AL champs. My bad.
As far as Dutch Leonard's reluctance to testify, it was not that his career was ending and Cobb's nearing its twilight that was the issue, it was that Leonard was afraid of the psychotic Cobb's horrible temper and the perceived ability to exact revenge off the field which frightened Leonard. Law enforcement officers seemed to look the other way when Cobb was busy committing felonious acts.
A report came out today that Rose bet on around 50 Cincy games as a manager over a roughly two month period, always to win, not that that matters I guess. He also bet on hundreds of other games...