May Pickups

[DeafSports]

Such a beauty ticket. I had to check the box score to see if Luther "Dummy" Taylor pitched that game but didn't see any game played on July 19, 1902.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/t...e-scores.shtml

Game got postponed?

How much did it cost you? I would love to obtain Taylor's game played tickets.

Best,
Danny

[rholmes]

Hey Danny,

The game was played on the 19th as scheduled. Joe McGinnity lost to the Phillies 3-4 in his first start in a Giants uniform.

Good luck (sincerely!) finding a ticket from a Taylor pitched game. Pre-1910 regular season tickets are tough enough, and finding one dated and 100% attributable to a specific game/pitcher/event is generally impossible. But this 1902 stub proves the odd impossible thing does turn up, so...

Originally Posted by DeafSports

Such a beauty ticket. I had to check the box score to see if Luther "Dummy" Taylor pitched that game but didn't see any game played on July 19, 1902.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/t...e-scores.shtml

Game got postponed?

How much did it cost you? I would love to obtain Taylor's game played tickets.

Best,
Danny

[pherbener]

Here's a boxscore from that game. Bottom right of the page. I love the comments, " The new manager and the Baltimore recruits"!

http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrar.../SL3919008.pdf

[rholmes]

Thanks Scott!...

...and thanks for the SL link, Paul. Most news accounts had the crowd at the Polo Grounds at numbers above 10,000. The game was a huge deal in NY. 1902 was a pretty interesting year in baseball, with the events leading up to July 19th reshaping and defining the leagues going forward, setting the stage for an AL team in New York, etc.

[calvindog]

I'd love to see (buy) more Chase notes if anyone has one.

[Huysmans]

Hey Jeff,

very cool note!
Great pick up, congrats.

[mr2686]

Nice Prince Hal.