That Would Be A Lot of Candles
We don’t know for certain the precise day Charles Bender entered the world. For a long time Bender was led to believe his birthday was May 3, 1883. As I explain in the book, that date is almost certainly off — by about a year. The established date, the one he came to recognize, is May 5, 1884. Meaning, if he was still with us, Bender would have turned 124 today. He’d probably celebrate by throwing a couple of innings. Just to show that he could.
This post was added on Monday, May 05, 2008 by Tom Swift at 01:38 and is filed under Albert.
Chief Bender's Burden won the 2009 Seymour Medal, which recognizes the year's best work of baseball history.
