> "I was in the service from May '42 through
> August '44. I got a monthlong leave in '43, so I
> did what any sensible man would do with his
> time off: I played ball. Got my first crack at the
> bigs in 43, and it was on my leave.
Major League Games Pitched By Cort Nagel In 1943:
3 - April
3 - May
1 - June
3 - July
2 - August
0 - September
Transactions:
Wednesday 4/1/1943
Cort Nagel was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Saturday 8/8/1943 :
Cort Nagel was sent down from the active roster to AA.
Monday 9/1/1943 :
Cort Nagel was promoted from AA to the active roster.
Monday 9/28/1943 :
Cort Nagel was sent down from the active roster to AA .
Minor League Games In 1943:
4 Games Started
Which fits being sent down from 08/08/43 to 09/01/43 and getting four games started.
Well, that takes care of 1943. He was in TWB (in the majors and minors) the _entire_ years.
In 1942, he made 28 *starts* in the minors. That's a full season in the minors. Then...
Sunday 4/1/1942:
Cort Nagel was promoted from AA to AAA .
Monday 9/28/1942 :
Cort Nagel was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
He was called up in September, but wasn't thought to be good enough to pitch.
So scratch 1942.
1944?
Nagel claims to have been in the service from April through August?
Cort Nagel Starts In The Minors In 1944:
26 - AA
1 - AAA
Transactions?
Monday 3/2/1944 :
Morris Lutske returned from military service
Ooops... wrong person.
Wednesday 7/1/1944 :
Cort Nagel was promoted from AA to AAA .
Saturday 7/4/1944 :
Cort Nagel was sent down from AAA to AA .
Injuries?
Tuesday 7/7/1944 :
Cort Nagel was injured while pitching.
Diagnosis: Stiff Shoulder.
He is day-to-day, but full recovery will take 6 days.
Wow~! Nagel somehow hurt his arm while serving in the war while also pitching in AA.
Tuesday 8/18/1944 :
Cort Nagel was injured while pitching.
Diagnosis: Tight Shoulder.
He will be OK in about one week.
Well, this was after his "discharge".
I'm going to assume that there is no dispute that Cort didn't sneak off for a few months to War in 1945?
DY - Cort Nagel didn't go to war. It's fairly easy to go back through the thread or the almanacs to find out of someone did or didn't.
So you've basically shown:
(i) Cort Nagel is a liar. No, that's not accurate. Cort is a Pathological & Delusional Liar.
I suspect that his decendant isn't too pleased! :P
(ii) that we can't take anything written in "this paper (which I assume is the Boston Globe ) as the truth.
With Nagel and the Globe as defense for Morris... well, OJ would have gone to the slammer with a defense like this.
Quit while you're way behind. Trust me when I say that I'll find the right moment for a "Morris Redeems Himself" piece. Lord knows he's a great enough player, and the Sox are consistently good enough, to give me plenty of opportunities to do so.
John