Written by Doug By the time venture capitalist and team owner Robert Schilling arrived at his recently constructed Riverlands Field the morning of October 19, 1894, the flames had mostly subsided. The large, newly painted grandstand and its buttressing block towers lay charred and crumbled. Firefighters scrambled about, and layers of smoke leapt and danced…
Written by Nigel Monday May 20th, 1901 I had spent most of the last two months “Barnstorming” around Kansas playing baseball against the local teams, it had been a good time, we had won more than we had lost, but we are unfortunately, not that much richer for our tour. I decided to cheer myself…
Written by Brendan H. June 24, 1901 As he knocked on the door to the old man’s workshop, Landon Kerr, personal accountant to William Elwart Barclay and, as an offshoot of those responsibilities, the general manager of the Brooklyn Whales, braved for what he knew would come once the door opened. There was a certain…
The Richmond Saga, 1.4 #9 Barrow Street At the corner of Barrow and Washington, Manhattan Madigan Hall—The Headquarters of the Legacy Baseball league May 1st, 1901 The large wheels of the elegant Hansom Cab conveyed the couple down Barrow Street, gleaming against a city after rain. Annette was quiet. Her pale, ungloved hands were folded…
The Richmond Saga, 1.3 Written by Andrew V. Saturday, May 4th, 1901 Frank Selee, among the most storied men in American baseball, leaned against the whitewashed rails of the Richmond dugout and spit a shimmering salvo of Monroe’s Finest into the gleaming grass of Libby Hill. The roar of the crowd was palpable—before 6,000 roaring…
Written by Andrew V. “The Best Great Lakes Team not in the Great Lakes,” as the rooters of Bozeman Municipal Park might jaw at an out-of-towner when a Chicago or Detroit team come to play. Nestled near the shores of Lake Eerie, the tall, elegant ballpark looms large against the dockyards that convey trade across…
FROM THE DESK OF ALEXANDER MADIGAN, COMMISSIONER, LEGACY BASEBALL LEAGUE SUBJECT: RETROACTIVE VETO Let it be known to the General Managers of the Legacy Baseball League that I invoke Commissioner Powers provisioned under 2.III.e of the Legacy Baseball League Constitution of 1895 to retroactively veto Proposal 1900-03, the Salary Cap Amendment. No salary cap shall…
The Richmond Saga, 1.2 Augusta, Maine July, 1901 It was an unusually warm day in Augusta, with summertime heat rolling off the Kennebec in great, billowing waves. A few weary Warblers and Thrushes called out from the hidden branches of laden Ash and Basswood, the hot sun darting in between the shadows along the newly…
Notice: United States Supreme Court FOWLER vs. LEGACY BASEBALL LEAGUE (1900) No. 113 Argued: April 16, 1900 On February 20th, 1900, the respondent, Cooper Fowler, filed his bill in the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Virginia against the administration and trustees of The Legacy Baseball League. The case passed to…