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Mohawk Giants brought Hall of Fame-level talent to Schenectady
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Walter Johnson, one of the greatest pitchers of all time, had one of his greatest seasons in 1913, going 36-7.
But that fall, the Mohawk Colored Giants, a Black baseball team in Schenectady, added an unofficial loss to Johnson’s tally when he and an all-white team of major leaguers came to the city as part of a barnstorming tour.
Facing Johnson was Giants’ pitcher Frank Wickware, who possessed “one of the fastest fastballs of the era,” according to Steven Rice, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research.
Wickware was so confident that he would frequently belittle his opponents’ efforts by calling in his outfielders, reported a 1961 Schenectady Gazette article, “and there is no record that this bit of show-boating ever backfired.”
Feb. 17—Applicants are being sought for two scholarships honoring longtime Dayton Daily News journalists. The Si Burick Journalism Scholarship honors the former DDN sports editor and columnist who worked for the paper for more than 50 years. He was inducted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame. The Dayton Daily News .
Hall of Fame voters pitch a shutout as character questions muddle Cooperstown debate
Dave Sheinin, The Washington Post
Jan. 26, 2021
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FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2015, file photo, former baseball player Barry Bonds smiles before a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Chicago Cubs in San Francisco.Jeff Chiu/AP
The National Baseball Hall of Fame voters, who hold the awesome power of bestowing immortality on the greatest players in the sport - or, if you prefer, who face the awful duty of determining how that power should be applied - pitched a collective shutout Tuesday, failing to send a single player to Cooperstown, N.Y.