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In Reply: What would I know? I’m a Cubs fan. I need all the help I can get. So thanks for the enLIGHTenment.

But I still say, in response to Dr Garfield, that the guy in red stockings on third base is more likely a runner than a coach. As far as whether the pitcher is completing a stretch or a windup, the matter is more murky: I was guessing a stretch, because if it had been a windup it seems that the runner on first base (again, a figure in red stockings) would already have been heading toward second. I agree that there is no way of knowing whether the second person in the on-deck circle is the next batter or a bat boy.

In response to Dr Boren, he is correct about my mixup of the Preacher and the Teacher. The Detroit Tiger's star pitcher was Lynwood Thomas . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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