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Originally Posted by JustinD
McGraw was a weird intense character that tended to rub people the wrong way at times, as well as doing conflicting things. It is horribly odd that this was a perverse tradition at the time and not uncommon. What is weirder is that in a true example of conflicting actions, McGraw did actually try to break the color barrier in 1901 by attempting to sneak in Charles Grant Jr as an American Indian named Chief Tokohama. If it wasn’t for Charles Comiskey putting a stop to it by recognizing Grant, McGraw would have been successful.
As an example that few may know of this sick tradition, feel free to read about Nap Lajoie -
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Wow, horrible… almost wish I didn’t know about this. (But thx for sharing - just wish his history wasn’t so tarnished by something like this)
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Jeff "Belfast1933" - honoring my dad, Belfast Maine and Right Fielder for the mighty East Side Rinky Dinks
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