Rube Waddell, meet Rube Foster.
With only 14 nineteenth-century pitchers in my (well, technically, Nathaniel's) Strat-O-Matic Hall of Fame set, one of the three teams in my old-timey league (the Haymakers) has had no choice but to get by with only four pitchers. Yesterday I was scouring some Negro Leagues data to see if any of those pitchers might have been active during the timeframe that I use as my eligibility requirement. After doing a bit of digging into who played in what league and when, I feel confident that Rube Foster fits the bill. Now this league has two players -- both pitchers, no less -- nicknamed "Rube".
The last-place Canaries got the first opportunity to sign this new player, but to do so they had to release a pitcher to get back down to five. Struggling starter Mickey Welch drew the short straw. Welch promptly re-signed with his old team, the Haymakers, who then traded spare starter Old Hoss Radbourn to the Blue Legs for hard-throwing but erratic reliever Amos Rusie. Now all three teams have five pitchers apiece, and I look forward to first time the two Rubes face each other!
With only 14 nineteenth-century pitchers in my (well, technically, Nathaniel's) Strat-O-Matic Hall of Fame set, one of the three teams in my old-timey league (the Haymakers) has had no choice but to get by with only four pitchers. Yesterday I was scouring some Negro Leagues data to see if any of those pitchers might have been active during the timeframe that I use as my eligibility requirement. After doing a bit of digging into who played in what league and when, I feel confident that Rube Foster fits the bill. Now this league has two players -- both pitchers, no less -- nicknamed "Rube".
The last-place Canaries got the first opportunity to sign this new player, but to do so they had to release a pitcher to get back down to five. Struggling starter Mickey Welch drew the short straw. Welch promptly re-signed with his old team, the Haymakers, who then traded spare starter Old Hoss Radbourn to the Blue Legs for hard-throwing but erratic reliever Amos Rusie. Now all three teams have five pitchers apiece, and I look forward to first time the two Rubes face each other!
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