[klkitchens]

Originally Posted by kq76

Oh, heck no. As best as we can tell, it was thought up by William Chase Temple back in 1891, 27 years before Finley was even born. And after that even more advocated for it, like Mack, Heydler, and McGraw. You could say Finley convinced the AL owners to adopt it, which counts for a lot, but he definitely did not come up with it.

cool, thanks for that correction. He did come up with orange baseballs though, right?