JayBanditos t1_it1v8iw wrote
He was an incredible athlete & could’ve played pro baseball if he’d wanted to. I have a coworker whose dad was a ball boy for the Atlanta Crackers and has a ball autographed by a lot of players and Trippi’s autograph was on it. He played only one season with the Atlanta Crackers.
Sterling_Thunder t1_it2mk03 wrote
I had to look that up, you sounded legit but you never know on Reddit. Atlanta Crackers - Minor leagues most successful franchise. Things really were different 80 years ago
sullg26535 t1_it3aqj9 wrote
If you want even more crazy, look at the name of the negro league team in Atlanta.
Nbrown55 t1_it3d00i wrote
Holy shit, the Black Crackers?
sullg26535 t1_it3d711 wrote
Yeah talk about a name
Sterling_Thunder t1_it3dm5g wrote
WOW, just wow. I feel kinda… something just reading that.
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1800bears t1_it2solt wrote
If the team was around today they would be called the Alpharetta crackers
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