Sports' Forgotten Heroes
1h 12min2020 AUG 11
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Charles Comiskey. One of the most historic names in baseball history is regarded as one of the founders of the American League. “Ban” Johnson, not as well-known is also a founding father of the junior circuit. But the one name that is rarely mentioned is that of Tom Loftus. Well, it shouldn’t be as Loftus was just as crucial to the founding of the A.L. as anyone and on this episode of SFH, the career of Tom Loftus and his role in the founding of the American League is discussed with SABR’s John Pre

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