Let's see some postcards

[Jobu]

1923-24 Brooklyn Robins, from the estate of Gene Bailey. Featuring a dog smoking a pipe.

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[GeoPoto]

The 1906 Washington baseball team lost 95 games and finished next-to-last in the American League. The team was led by player-manager Jake Stahl. Stahl's managerial record across two seasons in Washington and another two in Boston is not impressive. And though he was a World Series champion in 1912 and led the American League in home runs in 1910, he is best remembered as the acknowledged eponym of the term "jaking it", a baseball phrase for faking an injury to stay out of the lineup, or otherwise loafing.

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[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by GeoPoto

The 1906 Washington baseball team lost 95 games and finished next-to-last in the American League. The team was led by player-manager Jake Stahl. Stahl's managerial record across two seasons in Washington and another two in Boston is not impressive. And though he was a World Series champion in 1912 and led the American League in home runs in 1910, he is best remembered as the acknowledged eponym of the term "jaking it", a baseball phrase for faking an injury to stay out of the lineup, or otherwise loafing.

Washington's prospects took a decided turn for the better the next year with the arrival of a 19 year-old pitcher out of the bush leagues of Idaho named Walter Johnson. He got there too late for the 1907 Sporting Life premium, but he is in the 1908 version, which might be his first appearance on a card or premium.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Washington's prospects took a decided turn for the better the next year with the arrival of a 19 year-old pitcher out of the bush leagues of Idaho named Walter Johnson. He got there too late for the 1907 Sporting Life premium, but he is in the 1908 version, which might be his first appearance on a card or premium.

Hank - Do you have an image of the 1908 Sporting Life Supplement of Washington? I would like to see which image they used of Johnson.

Here is Johnson's PC760 Rose Co. postcard which was also issued in 1908.

[RUKen]

Originally Posted by GeoPoto

Jake Stahl...is best remembered as the acknowledged eponym of the term "jaking it", a baseball phrase for faking an injury to stay out of the lineup, or otherwise loafing.

The available sources for this seem to be 21st century internet sites, which lack citations of any publications from Stahl's era that use the term "jaking it" with a clear reference to Stahl. This seems apocryphal to me, but perhaps somebody on this board has found it in the archives of the Boston Post or some other likely source.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by rickalaska

1907 Morgan Red Belts post card - Miller Huggins (HOF) - future manager of Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees (1918-1929) - It was Huggins who urged Yankee owner Jacob Rupert to acquire Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox after the 1919 season. As Manager, Miller Huggins led the New York Yankees to six Pennants and three World Series championships 1923, 1927, and 1928. He died in 1929 at age 51.

Rick- Love the Lavans and the Huggins!! AWESOME!

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[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Jobu

1923-24 Brooklyn Robins, from the estate of Gene Bailey. Featuring a dog smoking a pipe.

That is one amazing piece! LOVE IT!

All the one to one (we've been posing too long) conversations ; multiple equipment checks ; levitation ; and, of course,
the Dog with a Pipe!!

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