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Posted By: Bob Manning

you ought to include Hal Chase. Not for direct involvement with the Black Sox (lots insinuated; nothing ever proven), but for the entire body of work in the fields of bribery and corruption. Like the Eight Men, he was banned for life by Judge Landis.

His cards are everywhere. There are five T206s (more than anybody else in the set), three T205s, and TEN T202s, counting only his appearances in the center panels. And caramel cards and strip cards.

See http://www.baseball-almanac.com/articles/halchase.shtml, where writer Kyle Lobner does a succinct job of wrapping up Chase's career.

As Lobner notes, Bill James believes Chase to have been as good a glove man as ever played, at any position. Sad story.And if you're going to include Abe Attel