The Poor Weary Millionaire and Baseball Bosses
A long, fragmented look at early professional baseball finances, salaries, and travel costs across clubs. The piece questions players’ motives, contrasts profits with love of the game, and notes public fascination with wealth in sport, citing a New York reporter’s conversations and regional comments.
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