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Old 04-06-2009, 07:46 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by PotatoPeeler View Post
Something similar to that was shown in the 1992 movie "The Babe".
I wish I could remember the specific books I read it in. One I think was by Bob Feller and I remember reading a bio on the Babe that talked a lot about his disillusionment with the Dodgers for not meeting promises to him for coaching and managing that I think talked about how the Babe's legs were so bad that he never had to run the bases anymore in Boston. I also don't think he's the only player who had this sort of arrangement back then, but again I can't think of the specific reference where I read that. Perhaps the Professor or one of our more astute baseball historians can confirm or deny this.
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