Lefty O'Doul

[Bill Burgess]

Thanks for noticing Bill but my work is researched from many sources and written by myself.

Then that post is even more amazing. Thank you for contributing it! When it comes to research, Brian - YOU DA MAN!

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Here’s a little story to demonstrate how much (actually how little) O’Doul was needed on a day-to-day basis with the Yankees. Prior to a doubleheader one day in 1919, rain was pouring down. Figuring the games would be cancelled, O’Doul and teammate Chick Fewster took off for Belmont Park race track. Returning home later, they saw a newspaper which posted the score of the first game with an update of the second game. Scared, the two quietly slipped into the clubhouse the following day. Manager Miller Huggins never said a word; he didn’t even notice their absence.

Ah, those were the good old days. (Rosie Stoltz would have noticed!)