TO: Dr. Robert J. Matthews (Robert.j.Matthews@ABS.gov) FROM: Anthony R. Perry (Perry.a@UVA.com) Bob, Thank you for the expedient reply. Nothing quite compares to sharing memories of baseball with an old friend. Researching that 1910 Legacy Cup, I can’t help but feel that those must have been some of the very best days for a Richmond Rifles…
A STUDY IN SCARLET: THE 1910 LEGACY CUP PART II TO: Anthony R. Perry (Perry.A@UVA.com)FROM: Dr. Robert J. Matthews (Robert.j.Matthews@ABS.gov) Tony, What a joy to hear from an old cobble-stumbler from UVA. Annie sends her best, of course, and is particularly curious about what the illustrious old professor has been up to at our beloved…
A STUDY IN SCARLET: THE 1910 LEGACY CUP PROLOGUE TO: Dr. Robert J. Matthews (Robert.j.Matthews@ABS.gov)FROM: Anthony R. Perry (Perry.a@UVA.com) My dear friend Robert, I hope Manhattan in the fall is keeping you well—downtown Richmond is nearly unrecognizable from our college days. I’ve thought often of the Poe Museum and our exploits in Carytown. What a…
The Red Rebels of Richmond dealt a fatal blow to their oldest cross-division rival, the Brooklyn Whales, in an exciting five-game series that concluded in late-inning heroics by a relatively unknown pinch hitter. When Rifles pinch hitter Okey Sibthorp approached the plate in the top of the ninth inning on August 31st, his name was…
(Written by Steve M.) Victory BreadBy Moe Nash Dear Mr. Henri,It was with regret that I retired from the Legacy Baseball League at the youthful age of twenty-six years.It became clear that my rookie season at age 20 was a happenstance of luck more than skill as mynumbers would never come close to the .726…
As the league lore goes, “The first pitch of the Legacy Baseball League was hurled by Stephen Millington of the Philadelphia Brewers from the mound at Libby Hill, Virginia, to CF Cooper Fowler* of the Richmond Rifles, on the first day of Spring: March 21st, 1895.” Fowler would go on to spark the movement for the Legacy Negro Baseball League and serve…
The Team Meetingby Steve Meyers New York Bakers April 20, 1908 Owner: Thatddeus Wolcroft 75 years old GM: Julien Henri 32 years old TW: I’ve got some concerns Julien. JH: I know, boss, we’re in the cellar, again, but it’s different this time. We are only… TW: I’m not talking about the team record Julien. …
By Sean T. Hello All! Harry Musgrave here. Everyone’s … well almost everyone’s favourite reporter for all things St. Louis Reds. Well, well, well can you believe it!? The Reds actually decided they needed to shake things up, they figured that rolling out basically the same pitching staff and to a lesser degree the same…
In a swift and unexpected political power reach, a congressional committee spearheaded by Senator Samuel Watson (D-VA) announced it’s multi-month investigation into the Legacy Baseball Academy League’s recruiting methods. The Legacy Baseball Academy League (LBAL) is a conglomeration of secondary schools across the nation privately chartered by the Legacy Baseball League. These schools provide a…
by John (Chicago Doves) The Walnut Room, inside Marshall Field’s department store, is something of a curiosity, being the first restaurant ever opened within a department store. A number of noted Chicagoans have dined there since, and two of the most recent were Chicago Doves pitchers Clayton Cooper and Sylveste Osler. The two have spent…