The life and untimely death of Phillip "Fish" Cockrell. The first pitcher to pitch in the first Colored World Series. 

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The short life and tragic death of Hideki Irabu

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A story about the triumphs and setbacks by the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame Catcher. Special thanks to the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).

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Eddie Kelp and Jackie Robinson had one thing in common.  The color barrier.  

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Wee Willie Keeler  was one of the smallest players to play the game, standing 5 feet 4½ inches and weighing 140 pounds    One of the greatest contact hitters of all time and notoriously hard to strike out, Keeler has the best strikeout ratio in baseball history. 

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In August of 1920 Indian's shortstop Ray Chapman came up against Yankee pitcher Carl Mays. #Yankees #Indians #MLB #fastball #tragedy #sports #baseball To learn more, or talk with likeminded baseball fans, join the Dead Ball Discussion Group on Facebook. Sources:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Chapman http://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/08.17.html?pagewanted=all https://baseballhall.org/discover/short-stops/chapman-tragedy-documented-with-museum-artifact https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/august-16-1920-ray-chapman-suffers-fatal-blow-to-his-skull-on-pitch-from-carl-mays/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1163/raymond-johnson-chapman https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6948500/kathleen-chapman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Mays https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/carl-mays/

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Three best friends and rising stars who would not live to see their promise fulfilled.  #Cardinals #Brewers #WWI #Ohio 

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This is the story of Harry Agganis - The Golden Greek. #Boston #RedSox #Terriers #tragedy #MLB Sources:  https://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/harry_agganis_obituary.shtml https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3608/harry-agganis https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/harry-agganis/ https://lynnjournal.com/2018/06/28/harry-agganis-story-reads-like-a-greek-myth/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Agganis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_Zauchin

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The life and career of Fred Hutchinson #Tigers #Reds #MLB #WWII #Cardinals #Detroit #Cincinnati #Rainiers #HutchAward  Sources:  https://tht.fangraphs.com/the-final-year-of-fred-hutchinsons-life/ https://www.lookoutlanding.com/2019/7/5/20682442/how-fred-hutchinson-saved-baseball-in-seattle-mariners https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=hutchfr01 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10707/frederick-charles-hutchinson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Sick

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Eddie Gaedel, a little person known for a string of celebrity gigs, became a participant in one of the most outlandish publicity stunts in baseball history, when in 1951, he came to bat for the hapless St. Louis Browns.

Although Eddie gained a great deal of notoriety for the stunt, a few years later, he was the victim of a  murder that remains unsolved to this day.   #Veeck #Gaedel #StLouis #MLB #Baseball #Orioles #ChiSox #Chicago The Dead Ball Podcast is created by Tim Scott. This week’s episode was written by Nina Innsted and Tim Scott. Chuck Walters is our technical consultant and audio editor.

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