In light of baseball's recent allstar game, I thought the 1887 Scranton Sillynannies should get some credit where credit is due. The roster is incomplete but as follows, the guy in the center with the top hat is the fundraiser and skipper, Roger Houghton the third, to his left is Fingers Mcgee. Below Fingers is Short Socks Johnson and to his right is Cornelius 'Maddog' McGuilicuddy.
Two days after this picture was taken a Dysentery epidemic spread through central PA and only seven of the original nine members survived.
Late 19th century basball was for sure wildin'
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