The Deacon, Chief, and Henry Schmidt Clutch Stardom: Remembering Opening Day a Century Ago
After two years of unlawful contract signings and other roster-jumping shenanigans that produced endless lawsuits, baseball’s Great Tampering War settled down as the 1903 NL campaign began on Thursday, April 16, in Cincinnati and St. Louis. Though personal disgust and distrust may not have subsided between all franchise owners, a signed truce between the long […]