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Rube's there, Carlton. He's with the Tigers, and it's looking like he'll get a chance to go to the World Series. In fact, Pat mentions Foster in a letter to his wife, which I posted last night.
Charleston was an amazing player. When I created him, the player I modeled him most closely after was Willie Mays, and that's saying something. Bill James wrote something about the truly great players also being the most unique, and I understand exactly what he means here. Oscar finally got picked up by the Chicago Cubs, and I predict he'll be the first 30/30 man...maybe even 40/40, or 50/50.
With Carey and Speaker in the same outfield, not much is gonna drop out there, and Ruth didn't import too bad defensively, either. Fat Babe was, of course, like Fat Elvis...if you only caught their act toward the end of their careers, you come away with a very different image of the man.
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