* Happy birthday, Edd Roush

May 8, 2008

The two-time NL batting champion and Hall of Fame inductee (1962), was born this date in 1893. Roush was a member of the Cincinnati Reds that faced the White Sox in the 1919 World Series.

The Amazon Report on Edd Roush:

Red Legs and Black Sox: Edd Roush and the Untold Story of the 1919 World Series The author, Dr. Susan Dellinger, is Roush’s granddaughter. She gave an hour-long presentation at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County on May 12, 2006.

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