Baseball History Thread

[OleMissCub]

That looks terrific

[OleMissCub]

Our very own Jim Deshaies holds the major league record for most at-bats without an extra base hit, with 373.

[Banedon]

http://i.imgur.com/8D5Mr7J.jpg

 

Based on:

 

http://i.imgur.com/4w2nDjh.jpg

[OleMissCub]

Some ugly Mofo's played ball back then. Look like 19th century Australian convicts.

 

Some of the more terrifying specimens:

 

Hall of Famer Addie Joss

 

http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/ggbain/08100/08196v.jpg

 

Germany Schaeffer

 

http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/13500/13547v.jpg

 

Eddie Grant (who was sadly killed in WWI)

 

http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/15800/15833v.jpg

 

Buck Weaver

 

http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/ggbain/50300/50307v.jpg

[seanimal]

 

Germany Schaeffer

 

http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/13500/13547v.jpg

 

absolutely terrifying

[Proven Veteran]

 

Germany Schaeffer

 

http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/13500/13547v.jpg

 

absolutely terrifying

 

His eyes are following me!

[Smack]

He looks like he has greyscale.

[bukie]

He looks like he has greyscale.

More of a sepia tone, really.

[Sammy Sofa]

So Dick Tracy was less of a comic strip and more of a documentary?

[jersey cubs fan]

What is opposite of tiny face?

[OleMissCub]

What is opposite of tiny face?

 

[OleMissCub]

So Dick Tracy was less of a comic strip and more of a documentary?

 

Squintface McGee tried to kidnap Tess Trueheart, but Tracy gunned him down in the street.

 

http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/ggbain/22600/22605r.jpg

[chopsx9]

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I think that's Errol Childress from S1 of True Detective.

[Guest]

 

Germany Schaeffer

 

http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/13500/13547v.jpg

http://media.giphy.com/media/HtzelpdKmNFew/giphy.gif

[OleMissCub]

Germany was known as "Baseball's Clown Prince". He is most famous for stealing first base (after stealing second base) on multiple occasions. In light of this, they eventually changed the rule book making it where you can't run the bases in reverse order after legally possessing a base.

 

His wiki is worth a read.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_Schaefer