Thanks to Jon Weisman (with an assist from Bob Timmermann) for his article today on Con Daily, the 19th-Century catcher whose Dodger franchise stolen-base record Russell Martin is chasing.
No relation of course, beyond the common Irish surname, but I enjoyed hearing Cornelius “Con” Daily’s story, which includes heroism and tragedy beyond the raw baseball numbers. Sounds like he was a stand-up guy.
The Trolley Dodger » Blog Archive » Jud Daely and Tom Daly | 12-Jul-07 at 4:17 pm | Permalink
[...] up on last week’s Con Daily post, I went poking through the Dodger history books and found a couple of other fellows of similar [...]