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12-05-2012, 07:56 PM
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Cool Article About Walter Johnson Pitching vs a Negro League Team
Just saw this retweeted by Keith Olbermann on Twitter. Cool research piecing together a story of the Big Train pitching in Harlem.
http://agatetype.typepad.com/agate_t...o-leaguer.html Enjoy. Danny 
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12-05-2012, 08:05 PM
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Interesting, but a lot of odd inconsistencies in the stories. If Johnson said that "Home Run" Johnson played for the Lincoln Giants and hit a home run off of him, that I believe he did. But I'm not as confident that Shirley Povich got his story straight.
Also, I didn't see any mention of Wayne Stivers or SABR, and if anyone could verify the box score it would be Wayne or SABR.
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12-05-2012, 08:12 PM
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Wayne is a great guy. I met him when I lived in CO for a couple years. He is definitely a go to guy when it comes to Negro League items and history.
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12-05-2012, 08:30 PM
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12-05-2012, 09:00 PM
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Thanks for posting Danny. That's some great stuff. My favorite part is when Walter is pitching as a ringer for a New York fire department team called the Fire Eaters and he loses to an obscure Negro League pitcher named "Gunboat" Thompson, 2-0. "Gunboat" actually has a page at baseballreference.com, but very little is unknown about him. If ever somebody deserved his 15 minutes of fame ...
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12-05-2012, 09:26 PM
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thanks for posting
I dont live too far from Harlem and I think come Spring I'll go check out what's standing where those old ballparks those used to be.
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