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<blockquote data-quote="Son of Butch" data-source="post: 1415571" data-attributes="member: 14585"><p>They also quit when they felt like it and took bribes.</p><p>Hall of Fame pitcher George "Rube" Waddell was an alcoholic who died at age 37</p><p>Reportedly spent his entire 1st signing bonus on a drinking binge. Sporting News referred to him as a "SOUSEpaw"</p><p>Early in his career he would leave mid game to go fishing. He was easily distracted by fans of opposing teams and would seem to fall into a trance when they would hold up puppies or shiny objects in the stands.</p><p></p><p>Won the 1st game of a double header in 17 innings 2nd game was shortened to 5 innings his manager Connie Mack</p><p>offered him a 3 day fishing vacation to pitch the 2nd game and won that game by pitching 5 shutout innings. </p><p></p><p>Led the American League in strikeouts 6 consecutive seasons. In one game he waved his outfielders in and had them</p><p>sit on the infield grass and then proceeded to strikeout the final 3 batters.</p><p></p><p>Wore out his welcome with several teams with his unpredictable behavior and fighting with teammates.</p><p>In 1905 he won the triple crown for pitching 27-10 287 s.o. 1.48 era and was bribed not to pitch in the World Series</p><p>against the NY Giants</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Son of Butch, post: 1415571, member: 14585"] They also quit when they felt like it and took bribes. Hall of Fame pitcher George "Rube" Waddell was an alcoholic who died at age 37 Reportedly spent his entire 1st signing bonus on a drinking binge. Sporting News referred to him as a "SOUSEpaw" Early in his career he would leave mid game to go fishing. He was easily distracted by fans of opposing teams and would seem to fall into a trance when they would hold up puppies or shiny objects in the stands. Won the 1st game of a double header in 17 innings 2nd game was shortened to 5 innings his manager Connie Mack offered him a 3 day fishing vacation to pitch the 2nd game and won that game by pitching 5 shutout innings. Led the American League in strikeouts 6 consecutive seasons. In one game he waved his outfielders in and had them sit on the infield grass and then proceeded to strikeout the final 3 batters. Wore out his welcome with several teams with his unpredictable behavior and fighting with teammates. In 1905 he won the triple crown for pitching 27-10 287 s.o. 1.48 era and was bribed not to pitch in the World Series against the NY Giants [/QUOTE]
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