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Arlie Latham

Edgy DC Apr 29 2006 09:52 PM Edited 4 time(s), most recently on Apr 30 2006 07:32 AM

Julio Franco failed to became merely the second-oldest man to steal a base only because of an old thirdbaseman named Arlie Latham, who stole one at 49 in 1909. A few interesting things there. 1) Latham was a coach. Back in the day, coaches would occasionally enter the game in a blowout, keep fans around to watch an impromptu old-timers day in the last three innings. He played four games that year, but they were his first in ten years. Heck, they were his only four games in the 20th century, and they came in 1909. 2) Latham had a cool-assed nickname: “The Freshest Man on Earth.” I thought it said "Fastest," but, nope, "Freshest." Doug E. Fresh, eat your heart out. 3) Check out his prodigious steal totals! I understood the single-season stolen-base record going from Cobb to Brock to Henderson. But I guess that was merely the 20th-century record.

metsmarathon Apr 29 2006 09:54 PM

why are you linking to www.seussville.com?

Edgy DC Apr 29 2006 09:56 PM

Wrong thing on my clipboard. Try again.

metsmarathon Apr 29 2006 10:00 PM

much better.

Frayed Knot Apr 29 2006 11:12 PM

A few weeks ago one of the announcers mentioned the oldest player ever to score a run in MLB. Some guy named Charley sumtin. Irish name I think but all I keep coming up with is Charley O'Brian and I'm sure that's wrong. Anyway, when it was mentioned I looked up the guy. He played in the teens ... and then didn't for almost 20 years when he re-appeared in 1934 or so, had 1 AB, got a single, and later scored ... then never played again. He was 53 y/o and hadn't played in MLB since his 30s. Gotta be some good story behind that one.

SteveJRogers Apr 29 2006 11:25 PM

Never mind, was thinking of an old 1920's Yankee coach on Miller Huggins' staff, got the name confused

Frayed Knot Apr 29 2006 11:35 PM

[url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/o'leach01.shtml]Charley O'Leary[/url]

Willets Point Apr 30 2006 12:41 AM

Luckily there wasn't something embarrasing on the clipboard.

Edgy DC Jun 05 2006 12:33 PM

Luck has nothing to do with it.

MFS62 Jun 05 2006 12:45 PM

The luck O' the Irish? Later

metirish Jun 05 2006 01:13 PM

]The luck O' the Irish? I hate that saying, we've had nothing but BAD luck in our history...

Yancy Street Gang Jun 05 2006 01:29 PM

="Edgy DC"]Luck has nothing to do with it. It took you five weeks to think of that comeback?

Edgy DC Jun 05 2006 01:37 PM

You should see my notes.

Willets Point Jun 12 2006 06:09 PM

I'll have a zinger to Edgy's comeback on July 16th.

Willets Point Jul 11 2006 02:12 PM

Luck be a lady tonight.