Eight Ball in the Hot Corner Pocket…and Other Research Nuggets

August 18, 2013 by Mike Lynch · Leave a Comment

August 30, 1915: George “Buck” Weaver is most known for being banned from baseball for life for having guilty knowledge of the 1919 World Series fix, which resulted in the banishment of eight White Sox players, including “Shoeless Joe” Jackson. But that wasn’t the first time Weaver had experienced problems due to gambling. According to […]

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Produced Before Steroids: Happy Felsch’s Great Clouts in 1914

January 13, 2012 by Dennis Pajot · Leave a Comment

Oscar “Happy” Felsch was a Milwaukee boy who came to the American Association Brewers in August 1913, after playing with the Milwaukee/Fond du Lac Mollys of the Wisconsin-Illinois League. In the W-I League Felsch had hit .337, including 10 home runs, in 49 games—mostly as a shortstop. He only managed to hit .183 in for […]

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