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JIn the movie "Eight Men Out" (why do I keep thinking Blacksox in this thread?), there was a dummy of a White Sox player dropped from an airplane--loooked like a body. I THINK I remember reading about this occurance, but am too lazy to look it up in any of my books. Did it really happen? (Probably. Sayles is pretty careful).
Animalia: There was a STRANGE ANIMAL running around the field at an As game at the Coluseum--it wasn't a dog or a cat--it was something offbeat. Anyone remember what it was?
"Three hands out!" (end of inning, 19th century)
Hoss Radbourne (his spelling) went 60-12 in 1884, with 73 complete games and a 1.38 ERA. The complete games is a record.