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Tris Speaker in uniform sometime in the early 1900s.
Bridging the Two-Way Gap

Bridging the Two-Way Gap: Tris Speaker

Tris Speaker was once one of the best baseball players in the world. From 1909 until 1927 he was possibly the best player in baseball, and at the very least belongs in the same conversation with Babe Ruth, Joe Rogan, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Oscar Charleston, etc. The memory of Speaker’s place in the game […]

Posted on September 6, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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