As with any sport, baseball has its strange stories, stranger stories and then this tale.
On May 20, 1937 in the Class D Nebraska State League, the Fairbury Jeffs traveled to South Dakota to Eastside Park in Sioux Falls to play the Canaries. In the fourth inning, Rabbit Padget tripled, however his manager Ralph Brandon tried to wave him home. Padget was thrown out at the plate. The very next hitter Ralph Cardner did the same exact thing. Two triples, two outs.
How bad was Brandon as the Canaries manager? The team still managed to win the game 6-2 and both halves of the pennant race. Oh well, nobodies is perfect.
Tomorrow we will look at a baseball franchise that could not stay put.
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