tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985668569918053928.post173479196662092158..comments2024-01-24T05:19:09.805-06:00Comments on This Game Of Games: Fred Dunlap And 1884Jeffrey Kittelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02367989375750209078noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985668569918053928.post-46659983288143478372007-11-08T01:47:00.000-06:002007-11-08T01:47:00.000-06:00I honestly believe-and this is just my gut feeling...I honestly believe-and this is just my gut feeling-that James' arguement was so persuasive and James himself is so influential that the UA simply no longer has major league status among the casual students of baseball history. But I can't see them removing it from the reference books-it would be too radical a move. There's really no reason to remove the UA's major league status anyway other than the James arguement. I'm not even sure that James himself would advocate that. It would just mess with all the numbers. <BR/><BR/>James did try to argue, rather weakly I think, that the UA was not considered a major league in 1884 based on how one of the annual guides covered the UA. The daily press at the time covered the UA as a major league and therefore I would argue that it was considered as such.<BR/><BR/>Regardless, I don't think it takes away from Dunlap's accomplishment in 1884. Even if the quality of the league was lower than that of the NL or AA, Dunlap's utter dominence of the UA was a statement about the kind of ballplayer he was. The UA wasn't so weak that a Fernando Vina type player could walk in and suddenly look like Rogers Hornsby.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, did you ever find that stuff on Jack Brennan. I never did get around to looking him up in TSN and would really like to see what you found. If you get a chance you can email it to me at thisgameofgames@gmail.com or bmj2721@yahoo.com. It would be appreciated (especially as the list of things that I need to research and the projects I need to be working on keeps getting longer and longer).Jeffrey Kittelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02367989375750209078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985668569918053928.post-29344206410296890422007-11-07T14:00:00.000-06:002007-11-07T14:00:00.000-06:00Do you think there will ever be a time when the Un...Do you think there will ever be a time when the Union Association is, for all intents and purposes, removed from major league status? Has it always been considered a major league?Jason Christophersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12347927188460186006noreply@blogger.com