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Originally Posted by Cozumeleno
Yeah, it definitely could be. I don't know that we'll ever fully know. I just wonder why they wouldn't have gotten the team name correct if it happened well in advance of the printing (assuming the late 1908 or early 1909 print date). Here's what we know, assuming that print timeline.
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Another thing confusing to me is why they didn't get it right on Irv if they made a correction in 1910? Irv spent the entire 1909 season in Minneapolis. Still, he was acquired by the White Sox in August, 1909. By 1910 he could have been corrected to show him with the White Sox just as easily as having "Cy" with Cleveland. Also, if the idea was to have two players for each of the teams represented, adding Irv as a Chicago southsider would have meshed nicely with the now "Billy" Sullivan who is checklisted as the only White Sox player.
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