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Then people started paying attention. Owners became keenly aware of baseball’s growth potential and assigned team captains work that encouraged profit. You know, work that had to do with numbers. There were the huge piles of equipment bags to track, new strategy decisions to make, and captains started scouring train schedules to facilitate games in other towns. These new responsibilities made the job exhausting, but what were these jocks to do? Take it and shut up; there just weren’t a lot of jobs around for baseball guys.
The fact remained that someone had to figure all this stuff out. Juggling fielders, pitchers, drama, and egos is no cushy job. Who would be masochist enough to sign up for this? Well, about 700 guys have tolerated the abuse since the game’s beginning. Some worked for peanuts. Some worked for years. A few found glory. But many more withered along the periphery, waiting for their moment in the sun.. . .
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