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Posted By: Dwight

I would be curious to know about Connie Mack's recruiting habits after 1910. In those subsequent seasons he offered my great-uncle, who opted to play in the minor leagues for 25 years, three contracts during various seasons. He had no formal education, hence the moniker "Rube" Eldridge. His real name was Jesse Morgan Eldridge. My grandfather said Rube couldn't write his name "so you could read it."