'Deadball Mayhem'
Scandals and mischief in the early years of major league baseball
Rube Waddell, one of baseball’s greatest pitchers of the early 20th century, warming up before a game (early 1900s). The eccentric southpaw was the subject of illicit payoffs by gamblers.
By Ronald Waldo
Two questions arose after star pitcher, Rube Waddell, missed the 1905 World Series:
Did he skip the Fall Classic because he injured his pitching shoulder…
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