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matttb324 · 05-28-2023, 10:43 PM

After failing to sign Joe Jackson in 1907, Shoeless Joe went to college and then reappeared this year, where the Highrisers grabbed him #1. Jackson will join Honus Wagner in the heart of the order. Washington had picks #2 and #3 after losing Jackson. With those choices they picked Ray Collins and the very talented Vean Gregg for some badly needed pitching. Washington is already above .500 this season in their massive rebuild. Cambridge made a nice pick at #10 to get Max Carey.

Vean Gregg from SABR: "An obvious candidate for organized professional baseball, Gregg delayed pursuing it because he felt he could earn more money plastering during the week and pitching for $25 a game on weekends. “I did not go into professional baseball any sooner because I could make more money outside than I could inside,” Gregg later explained. “In my semi-pro days I played baseball all over Washington, Montana and Idaho. On these barn-storming tours a player can often make more money than he could as a member of a regular league.”

05-28-2023, 10:43 PM	#67
matttb324 Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 325	August 1908: Jackson to New York After failing to sign Joe Jackson in 1907, Shoeless Joe went to college and then reappeared this year, where the Highrisers grabbed him #1. Jackson will join Honus Wagner in the heart of the order. Washington had picks #2 and #3 after losing Jackson. With those choices they picked Ray Collins and the very talented Vean Gregg for some badly needed pitching. Washington is already above .500 this season in their massive rebuild. Cambridge made a nice pick at #10 to get Max Carey. Vean Gregg from SABR: "An obvious candidate for organized professional baseball, Gregg delayed pursuing it because he felt he could earn more money plastering during the week and pitching for $25 a game on weekends. “I did not go into professional baseball any sooner because I could make more money outside than I could inside,” Gregg later explained. “In my semi-pro days I played baseball all over Washington, Montana and Idaho. On these barn-storming tours a player can often make more money than he could as a member of a regular league.”