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09-10-2017, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Sean

It was a trophy given to him by his teammates after he ended his holdout I think. Or something like that.

Actually he had a case of smallpox that kept him out of action until May of 1909. All the teammates had to be vaccinated and their belongings fumigated. When he returned to the lineup and came to bat the first time the team presented him with the "loving" cup. Just googled it and that sounded feasible via Baseball research.

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