Date: Sun Jul 6 03:14:17 2008
Sender: Konrad Ciborowski
From Wiki about Tommny Henrich:
"He was signed by the Cleveland Indians in 1934, but was ruled a free agent in
April 1937 after he and his father wrote to Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain
Landis, who decided that the Indians had illegally concealed him in their farm
system."
How do you "conceal" a player in your farm system? You have him play games in
disguise or what? And why was concealing illegal? Can anyone explain this to an
ignorant like me?
Date: Sun Jul 6 03:17:26 2008
Sender: Konrad Ciborowski
I meant to someone "as ignorant as myself". I can't even write. Or perhaps it
is too early.
Date: Sun Jul 6 05:10:49 2008
Sender: Tomasz Radko
Quoting from yankeefan.blogspot.com
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Tommy Henrich.
Born Thomas David Henrich in Massillion Ohio on February 20th 1913, Henrich
learned early in life that there's three kinds of people: those who make things
happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened.
Henrich was one who made things happen. Signed by the Cleveland Indians in
1934, Henrich quickly put together three stellar minor league seasons ...
... and got nowhere.
Henrich decided that the Indians were trying to bury him in the minor league
system. The Indians had depth in the outfield with players like Hall of Famer
Earl Averill, Canadian slugger Jeff Heath who'd become of the few players in
baseball history to have 20+ doubles, triples, and home runs in a single season
(1941), .300 hitter and run producer Joe Vosmik and Bruce Campbell who played
himself off the St. Louis Browns roster (he played too well and wished to be
paid accordingly). So there was no need to promote him but plenty of reasons
not to let a rival team get him either.
So Henrich decided to "make something happen."
He wrote then commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis and asked him to
investigate. Landis, despised the farm system developed by Branch Rickey. He
often liberated large numbers of minor leaguers he felt weren't being given a
fair shake.
Landis did likewise with Henrich.
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There weren't probably any formal rules about minor system and the comissioner
had arbitrary power to say 'Hey, he's too good to play in minors, he should
have been promoted long time ago". Of course in the best interest of the
baseball.
Remember that before Branch Rickey minor league teams were independent. They
were developing players - and selling them when they were majors ready. Branch
Rickey has invented affiliated minor systems and has changed the logic. Landis
was afraid that the changes would destroy minor leagues, that's why he was
fighting it.
Date: Sun Jul 6 05:13:20 2008
Sender: Tomasz Radko
Here you could read about farm system in baseball.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farm_system#Baseball
Date: Sun Jul 6 05:15:40 2008
Sender: Tomasz Radko
And here about Landis reaction to farm systems:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenesaw_Mountain_Landis#Curbing_the_growth_of_minor_league_farm_systems
Date: Sun Jul 6 05:24:33 2008
Sender: Tomasz Radko
And you might read what about the whole affair (and about other things too) has
said Tommy Henrich in this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Only-Game-Town-Baseball-History/dp/0743273184/
Date: Fri Jul 18 11:21:12 2008
Sender: Jason Kidd
It is similar to what Francisco Liriano is alleging against the Twins right
now.
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