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07-18-2015, 05:37 PM
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From his SABR bio: "Art Fletcher was the leader of one of the Deadball Era's finest infields--Merkle at first, Doyle at second, Fletcher at short, and Herzog at third. 'If there be one among the gamesters of baseball who is gamer than the rest, that man be Fletcher," wrote sportswriter Frank Graham. In the early teens the New York Giants were hated all over the circuit, but no Giant other than John McGraw drew as much ire as the feisty shortstop. "There was fighting everywhere they went,' wrote Graham, 'and Fletcher always was in the thick of it. He fought enemy players, umpires, and fans. He was fined and suspended frequently.' Fletcher's feistiness made him as popular at the Polo Grounds as he was unpopular on the road..."
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