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Beany Jacobson
The 1904 Washington Senators finished 55.5 games behind in the AL, so it's not fair to Albert "Beany" Jacobson ("Jake" to his friends) to say he did his part by going 5-23.
The more interesting parts of his SABR bio involve his wife who traveled with the team and made friendly with Roosevelt and Taft at the ballpark box seats. Here's my favorite story of hers: "Mrs. Jacobson talked with a reporter about some of the zealous female fans who brought flowers and candy to the team hotel. “Some of them were most persistent,” she said. “They’d call our hotel room and ask to speak to Jake. I’d tell them Jake wasn’t in and then add, sarcastically, ‘It’s Mrs. Jacobson speaking.’ ‘Oh, that’s all right,’ they’d reply. ‘Just tell him to call my number when he comes in.’"
I had no facegen in my pack, so this one is new for me...
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