Baseball, Superstition, and an Unsolved Murder: The Story of Hughie McLoon

Rounders: A History of Baseball in America

English - May 09, 2021 22:00 - 35 minutes - 20.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 101 ratings
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Season 3 kicks off with a look at baseball's little-known era of human mascots...with unusual physical attributes. Author Allen Abel stops by to discuss his new book about Hughie McLoon, a child with a hunched back who became one of the biggest names in Philadelphia during the 1920s. That is - until his untimely murder at just 20 years old.

Watch our conversation on YouTube and see photos of Hughie McLoon and other team mascots.

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