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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.

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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

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sullg26535 t1_it3aqj9 wrote

If you want even more crazy, look at the name of the negro league team in Atlanta.

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Nbrown55 t1_it3d00i wrote

Holy shit, the Black Crackers?

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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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