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Old 03-31-2012, 02:28 PM
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Jackpot. September 14,1905 Pirates play an exhibition game against the Springfield Senators. Batting third for the Pirates that day, playing left field was "Koch". The newspaper covering the game says:

"Koch, a recruit coming from nobody-knows-where, played left field for Pittsburgh yesterday"

So I followed that lead and found this on September 19

"It is rumored that "Koch" who has been tried by Pittsburgh is really Dutch Meier, an old Princeton player"

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