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Paul Jackson from Project 3.18 and I talk about an incredibly unique game between the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Athletics of 1912. A heckling fan, Ty Cobb suspension and a nervous Frank Navin resulted in Hughie Jennings recruiting players off the streets of Philly.It's a crazy story shared by Project 3.18's Paul Jackson.Paul Jackson’s Project 3.18:https://www.project-318.com/Paul’s presentation at SABR 53:https://sabr.box.com/shared/static/1l2gyw4iphufyowlmppvwb1bdno61jg5.mp3And his PowerPoint slides:https://sabr.box.com/shared/static/bvg8rpqvhjz7377i4uv2xpthp3383htl.pptxThe excellent work of Kevin Barwin:https://sabr.org/journal/article/paper-tigers-how-a-player-strike-put-a-team-of-misfits-on-a-major-league-field-for-a-day/New York Tribune from May 16, 1912:https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1912-05-16/ed-1/The game log:https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHA/PHA191205180.shtmlWhat the heck is physiognomy?:https://www.britannica.com/topic/physiognomy-divinationAnd opprobrious?:https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opprobriousThe trolley strike in 1910 Philly:https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/general-strike-of-1910/
By The Athlete ArchivesPaul Jackson from Project 3.18 and I talk about an incredibly unique game between the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Athletics of 1912. A heckling fan, Ty Cobb suspension and a nervous Frank Navin resulted in Hughie Jennings recruiting players off the streets of Philly.It's a crazy story shared by Project 3.18's Paul Jackson.Paul Jackson’s Project 3.18:https://www.project-318.com/Paul’s presentation at SABR 53:https://sabr.box.com/shared/static/1l2gyw4iphufyowlmppvwb1bdno61jg5.mp3And his PowerPoint slides:https://sabr.box.com/shared/static/bvg8rpqvhjz7377i4uv2xpthp3383htl.pptxThe excellent work of Kevin Barwin:https://sabr.org/journal/article/paper-tigers-how-a-player-strike-put-a-team-of-misfits-on-a-major-league-field-for-a-day/New York Tribune from May 16, 1912:https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1912-05-16/ed-1/The game log:https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHA/PHA191205180.shtmlWhat the heck is physiognomy?:https://www.britannica.com/topic/physiognomy-divinationAnd opprobrious?:https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opprobriousThe trolley strike in 1910 Philly:https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/general-strike-of-1910/