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Posted By: Hal Lewis

As you all know, we have been discussing on this board for a few days whether HOF Jim O'Rourke was or was not older than Minnie Minoso when he got a hit in 1904... and the research proved that he was.

As a result, I went to Wikipedia and every other research source that I could find on-line and submitted the CORRECTED information so that O'Rourke would get the credit he deserves and not Minoso.


But here is the really weird part:


JUST TWO DAYS after I decide to do this on a completely random wild goose chase...

ESPN actually runs a COLUMN today in which they mention O'Rourke's feat and they get it RIGHT... because they used my brand new Wikipedia information as a source!!

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=caple/offbase/051214

(scroll down to the chart at the bottom of the article)





Just a small victory for the VINTAGE crowd... to see one of our own heroes vindicated and to see the record restored to its rightful owner!!