 | irishgit (138)
06/29/2007 | Excellent group, one of several great pitching staffs of the first decade of the 20th Century.
Bender and Plank are among the true greats of the game, Waddell was crazier than six waltzing mice but could throw a lamb-chop past a wolf, and a host of others made major contributions.
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 | oscargamblesfro (76)
06/29/2007 | Rube Waddell was either nuts or what we'd call mentally retarded, but kinda like Koufax- very domineering over about a 5 year stretch, Albert " Chief" Bender was another HOF'er, a Chippewa who is probably the most famous Native American player ever. Eddie Plank was up there in the roll of all time great lefties, just kept winning and winning for a long time-327, I think, total wins. A guy named Jack Coombs won as many as 31 games, but was really only a big star for a while. Some of the big pitchers of the Red Sox and Yankee dynasties got their start here, like Joe Bush, Herb Pennock, and Bob Shawkey. A tremendous staff, a key component of the marvelous 1911-14 team, one of the truly great teams of the early part of the last century...
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