Sam Thompson cames of the ladder to homer in his first game

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On July 2, 1885, Sam Thompson was working as a carpenter when he was signed to play professional baseball. The manager of the Indianapolis Indians was searching for players to make a team to oppose his own club of nine. He was told of Thomspon but warned that Sam was working as a tradesman and wouldn’t be easily lured onto the field. When the manager found Thompson on a ladder, he made his sales pitch. Sam replied that he’d love to play ball but he loved to eat as well, and that he wasn’t sure he could make enough playing a game. The manager offered Sam $5 to play against his team. Thomspon accepted, belted a home run to deep center field in his first game, and was a professional batsman from that point forward.
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