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Originally Posted by quinnsryche
James, I understand that Comiskey was a jerk and cheapskate but that doesn't excuse what the players did. Just because my boss is a cheapskate doesn't give me the right to steal from the company. Those players signed contracts to play for a certain amount of money, if they didn't like it, they could go back to working in the mines or carrying ice etc. I get a tad tired of the "oh poor players" excuse as most made 100X what the average worker of those days made. We're they paid and treated like the players of today? No, but they didn't suffer much either considering the alternative.
Just my opinion, take it or leave it.
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It was more then just being a jerk and a cheapskate. He did whatever he wanted to that was in his best interest. That including not talking to Jackson, benching Cicotte so he wouldn't get his bonus and god know what else. Sure they were treated better then coal workers but they were still taken advantage of to a high degree.
My point is that if you love the team and hate what the players did that you have to hate the owner as well, which IMO makes it tough to love the team when Comiskey pretty much made the team. I just feel that if commy wasn't so selfish this might not have occured.
Anyway to keep up with the nature of the post, here are some of my goodies.
Some of these photos are a bit out of date as I have upgraded many of these and added others that aren't shown.
James G
06-02-2011, 10:13 AM
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