Tag Archives: Forgotten baseball players
Meet Elmer Myers [Forgotten Cleveland Indians]
Back off, ladies! Elmer’s all mine. Literally. There’s something so sad about finding out a player is a mere Wikipedia stub: “This article is only a stub! You can help Wikipedia by expanding it!” Sigh. If only my sad pen-and-ink … Continue reading
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Meet Stanley Coveleski [Not-So-Forgotten Cleveland Indians]
Stanley Coveleski, whose name was spelled “Coveleskie” for his entire baseball career (rumor has it that it was misspelled early on and he was too shy to correct it…if true, aww!), was an utterly awesome spitball pitcher. He worked in … Continue reading
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Meet Steve O’Neill [Forgotten Cleveland Indians]
In truth, Stephen Francis O’Neill (yes, a good Irish-Catholic boy — how could you tell?), catcher, is not nearly as “forgotten” as the other chaps I’ve been drawing and posting here. He played for 17 years, managed for 14, and … Continue reading
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The Ballad of Harry Bunte…er, Lunte [Forgotten Cleveland Indians]
I’m gonna write a poem about this guy, entitled “Don’t Call Me Bunte.” And here’s the first and only stanza: Filled in for Chappie When he died, Oh, Harry Lunte Had quite a ride. Three weeks later Poor ol’ guy … Continue reading
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