Quote Originally Posted by Hermod View Post
Although they didn't win the pennant, the last Detroit Stars team in 1937 had some pretty good players like Norman [[Turkey) Stearnes in CF and Jim [[Double Duty) Webster who played catcher on the days he wasn't pitching.
Turkey Stearnes was quite the player. It would be interesting to see how different baseball history would be if sluggers like Stearnes were allowed to play in the majors. He could destroy the ball. There are legends about it. He also was an incredibly humble guy who didn't like the spotlight.