Boston Braves pitcher Charlie Robertson has his glove removed from the game by umpire Charlie Moran after the Brooklyn Robinscomplain the ball is acting strangely. The Boston hurler still manages to win, 3 – 2.

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Boston Braves pitcher Charlie Robertson has his glove removed from the game by umpire Charlie Moran after the Brooklyn Robinscomplain the ball is acting strangely. The Boston hurler still manages to win, 3 – 2.

Veteran Cincinnati Reds 2B Bid McPhee opens the season wearing a glove for the first time‚ and survives several weeks of good-natured ribbing by opponents. He is the last to convert.

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Veteran Cincinnati Reds 2B Bid McPhee opens the season wearing a glove for the first time‚ and survives several weeks of good-natured ribbing by opponents. He is the last to convert.

The name Detroit Creams lasts only a season when the Class A Western League team is dubbed the Tigers after editor Philip Reid headlines a Detroit Cost-free Press story with Strouthers’ Tigers Showed Up Very Nicely. The club’s new moniker, still in use today, will carry over to the city’s franchise in the new American League in 1901.

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The name Detroit Creams lasts only a season when the Class A Western League team is dubbed the Tigers after editor Philip Reid headlines a Detroit Cost-free Press story with Strouthers’ Tigers Showed Up Very Nicely. The club’s new moniker, still in use today, will carry over to the city’s franchise in the new American League in 1901.