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"autism didn't exist back in my day" (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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dude was an absolute character

In between those events, he won 22 games for the Philadelphia Athletics; [...] toured the nation in a melodrama called The Stain of Guilt; courted, married, and became separated from May Wynne Skinner of Lynn, Massachusetts; saved a woman from drowning; accidentally shot a friend through the hand; and was bitten by a lion."

the wikipedia just RANDOMLY DROPPED that he was bitten by a LION with no context?!?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Waddell

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[-] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

he played for 13 years, with the Louisville Colonels, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Orphans

They had some weird team names back in the day, at least this one isn't a slur though

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Yeah how the hell do you engage in swashbuckling in Pittsburgh‽

[-] frog@feddit.uk 9 points 1 month ago

In an official complaint, an AA official claimed the Alleghenys' signing of Bierbauer was "piratical".[12] This incident quickly accelerated into a schism between the leagues that contributed to the demise of the A.A. Although the Alleghenys were never found guilty of wrongdoing, their allegedly "piratical" act gained them the occasional nickname "Pirates" from newspapers around the country, starting in 1891. Within a few years, the nickname caught on with even Pittsburgh newspapers.[13] The nickname was first acknowledged on the team's uniforms in 1912.

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