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Paul SBrian said: I won't condemn Peter's thread (in this case anyways) as I believe the careers of the ballplayers on the cards we collect is not so off-topic as one might think but perhaps the topic could have been approached a little more sensibly.
I think you're right Brian. Probably a related anecdote that he knows of, accompanied by a scan of the player's card of the subject, would have been good for the initial post.
"...however the topic of how alcohol may have influenced careers of the players we all admire from the pre-war era is a very interesting one in my opinion."
Me too. I'm curious about Germany Schaefer Did he hit the bottle or was he just born wacky? In specific, there is the example of him stealing second base, from there going backward and stealing back to first, and then stealing second again.
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