tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985668569918053928.post7503560328357326538..comments2024-01-24T05:19:09.805-06:00Comments on This Game Of Games: The 1876 Brown Stockings: Redemption, Part IIJeffrey Kittelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02367989375750209078noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985668569918053928.post-80729989112170897022009-10-22T12:29:12.691-05:002009-10-22T12:29:12.691-05:00It's interesting that the same rooster image w...It's interesting that the same rooster image was being used by at least three different papers but I would guess that their access to graphics was rather limited. TSN, when they used it in 1886 to report on the Browns' World Series victory, was certainly crowing and that rooster image made an impression on me for some reason. It was odd to see it in the same context a decade earlier. <br /><br />Speaking of umpires, Michael Walsh umpired the second game of the series and made an interesting and slightly controversial call with regards to a ripped ball. He stuck to the letter of the law and refused to replace the ball during the inning after McGeary had requested a new one. The ball may or may not have resulted in Chicago scoring the winning run and McGeary seems to have come close to pulling his team off the field. <br /><br />The account of that game should be up in a couple of days.Jeffrey Kittelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02367989375750209078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985668569918053928.post-606101376014426662009-10-22T06:48:52.517-05:002009-10-22T06:48:52.517-05:00I have seen that same rooster image in other newsp...I have seen that same rooster image in other newspapers, after election results. It probably does indicate crowing over a victory.<br /><br />I notice the umpire was Joe Simmons, who played for the champion Chicagos in 1871 and then briefly for other NA teams, then managed the Wilmington team that briefly played in the Union Association in 1884. <br /><br />As an umpire, Simmons was the target of a near riot in Cincinnati in 1882, after he made a crucial call against the home team in the ninth inning of an important game against the Reds archrivals, the Athletics of Philadelphia.David Ballnoreply@blogger.com