Pittsburgh Sports Legends - Barney Dreyfuss

[Alphalion75]

Dreyfuss, Barney | Baseball Hall of Fame

In so many ways, baseball is one of the few sports where physical size is not an automatic benefit or detriment. In basketball, height is a tangible that leads to success. In football, size is often viewed as a virtue. But in baseball, greatness comes in all sizes and packages. With this in...

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[Thorndike2021]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting it.

 

[GrimReaper]

Sloppy work by the Hall. The Bernheim brothers were distillers, not brewers. Their main product was I.W. Harper, named for brother Isaac Wolfe, who beleived that "Harper" would be easier to sell in America than "Bernheim."

 

[Wex18]

Fun fact: Boston's owner made Dreyfuss purchase a ticket to get into Game 1 of the first World Series.

 

[Metal Mike]

Very interesting. I never heard of this guy before. He put together the sucess of the team in the 1900's.

Thankf for posting.