“Good guys” of the dead ball era?

[Mark17]

I've read that Wagner used to play ball with kids after games. You have to be a pretty nice guy to do that. Hans Lobert said Wagner was a very fine fellow who loved a good joke.

And if the widely accepted version of the T206 story is true, he went out of his way to not allow his name to help sell tobacco products.

[Swadewade51]

Originally Posted by Mark17

I've read that Wagner used to play ball with kids after games. You have to be a pretty nice guy to do that. Hans Lobert said Wagner was a very fine fellow who loved a good joke.



And if the widely accepted version of the T206 story is true, he went out of his way to not allow his name to help sell tobacco products.

Wagner and Speaker, among others, blackballed players of color from the National Baseball Congress semi-pro tournament a year after Satchel Paige and his integrated team won it.

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