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Mordecai Brown
Page 147
Brown smiled; small, tired, but real. “Sure, son.”
He signed the ball carefully, the way he always had. The boy ran off beaming.
For a moment, Brown stood there alone, the streetcar rattling in the distance, the ballpark settling behind him. His arm ached, his pride ached, the season was a wreck; but someone still cared enough to wait for him.
And that, he thought, was something worth carrying home.
Brooklyn Robins 94 60 .610 — 50–27 44–33
Philadelphia Phillies 91 62 .595 2½ 50–29 41–33
Boston Braves 89 63 .586 4 41–31 48–32
New York Giants 86 66 .566 7 47–30 39–36
Chicago Cubs 67 86 .438 26½ 37–41 30–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 65 89 .422 29 37–40 28–49
St. Louis Cardinals 60 93 .392 33½ 36–40 24–53
Cincinnati Reds 60 93 .392 33½ 32–44 28–49