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When Red Kress was holding out for a better contract in spring training from the St Louis Browns in the late 1920's, how did Browns owner Phil Ball "persuade" Kress to sign for his original contract?
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"You can't hit what you can't see" - Walter "Big Train" Johnson -
Ball suggested Kress's only other option to playing baseball was to pick fruit all summer.Your Second Base Coach
Garvey, Lopes, Russell, and Cey started 833 times and the Dodgers went 498-335, for a .598 winning percentage. That’s equal to a team going 97-65 over a season. On those occasions when at least one of them missed his start, the Dodgers were 306-267-1, which is a .534 clip. That works out to a team going 87-75. So having all four of them added 10 wins to the Dodgers per year.
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Hi Second Base Coach,Originally posted by Second Base Coach View Post
Ball was a lot more malicious than that!"You can't hit what you can't see" - Walter "Big Train" JohnsonComment
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Ball sent Kress a telegram like this:
"Sign the contract in hand or the figure would be cut by $500 for every 24-hour delay."pb::Comment
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Allonanfan,Originally posted by Allonsanfan View Post
Absolutely correct!
Second Base Coach,
I did find the reference to picking fruit, so I apologise for dismissing your answer."You can't hit what you can't see" - Walter "Big Train" JohnsonComment
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