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03-24-2020, 05:57 PM | #1 |
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The 1918 MLB season: Shortened by War, rather than cancelled by flu...
Stumbled upon this article... Perhaps nothing new for the baseball historians among us, but interesting nonetheless...
https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseb...flu-1.43421546 |
03-24-2020, 06:36 PM | #2 |
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The 1918-1920 Flu Pandemic did end up cancelling the 1919 Stanley Cup final as both teams were hit hard by the flu and several players ended up dying from it.
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03-24-2020, 06:39 PM | #3 |
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Can we just not talk about dead ballplayers... I'm enough of a mental wreck as is...
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