tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985668569918053928.post2505137412700997139..comments2024-01-24T05:19:09.805-06:00Comments on This Game Of Games: The World's Champion FielderJeffrey Kittelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02367989375750209078noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985668569918053928.post-38474716661251858822009-11-13T15:21:23.082-06:002009-11-13T15:21:23.082-06:00That's funny. I figured Welch getting shipped...That's funny. I figured Welch getting shipped out had to have something to do with his drinking. He was probably one of the "stars" whose attitude Comiskey had had enough of and he probably recommended that Welch go. <br /><br />I like the idea that "attitude problem" can be a euphemism for alcoholism. In tomorrow's post about the Brown Stockings/Reds game of May 16, 1876, the Globe uses "demoralized" as a euphemism for crappy baseball team.Jeffrey Kittelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02367989375750209078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985668569918053928.post-37259265880051290742009-11-13T14:33:50.343-06:002009-11-13T14:33:50.343-06:00When Welch was traded, Joe Pritchard, the St. Loui...When Welch was traded, Joe Pritchard, the St. Louis correspondent for Sporting Life, wrote that Von der Ahe and Welch disliked each other because each thought the other one drank too much -- a senseless reason to quarrel, Pritchard observed, because he himself had undertaken the experiment several times with friends and had ascertained there was more whiskey in St. Louis than any two men could drink up.David Ballnoreply@blogger.com