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Merkle923 · 01-12-2018, 05:34 PM

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I know from my, uh, other interests, that the internet has become about taking credit for the work of others, but I really didn't think this had extended to obscure baseball research. The Twitter account "@Just_McKinney" turns out not to be posting previously undiscovered images of obscure MLB players but - so far anyway - stuff dug up here first.

First it was Bob McKinney of the 1901 A's, which I in turn posted here. Turns out our moderator posted the same image (albeit at lower quality) nearly two years ago. Just now (Saturday afternoon) he has posted what appears to be a Newspapers.com screen capture of a photo of Walt Walsh of the 1920 Phillies - which Cusick posted here two years ago.

Sadly, there's no mechanism for reporting a Twitter user for credit-hogging so just accept my apologies for giving him undeserved props here.

I'm leaving the McKinney image here because as mentioned, it's clearer.

Further update

Plot thickens. Mr. McKinney now self-identifies on Twitter as a member here, "Chickalooza," and claims he posted these images here first and is just distributing his own photos. Sigh. That's got to be a violation of our rules here.

On a second note, the other SABR researcher Mr. Cheremeteff has looked at Ken's find on Buck Herzog and is now just as much in doubt as I was until he talked me out of it. Happily, he's trying to advance the debate by obtaining a high-resolution copy of the 1908 image from the Harwell Collection.

I'm leaving the McKinney image here because as mentioned, it's clearer.

01-12-2018, 05:34 PM	#31904
Merkle923 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,210	Bob McKinney 1901 Original Post Here Deleted I know from my, uh, other interests, that the internet has become about taking credit for the work of others, but I really didn't think this had extended to obscure baseball research. The Twitter account "@Just_McKinney" turns out not to be posting previously undiscovered images of obscure MLB players but - so far anyway - stuff dug up here first. First it was Bob McKinney of the 1901 A's, which I in turn posted here. Turns out our moderator posted the same image (albeit at lower quality) nearly two years ago. Just now (Saturday afternoon) he has posted what appears to be a Newspapers.com screen capture of a photo of Walt Walsh of the 1920 Phillies - which Cusick posted here two years ago. Sadly, there's no mechanism for reporting a Twitter user for credit-hogging so just accept my apologies for giving him undeserved props here. I'm leaving the McKinney image here because as mentioned, it's clearer. Further update Plot thickens. Mr. McKinney now self-identifies on Twitter as a member here, "Chickalooza," and claims he posted these images here first and is just distributing his own photos. Sigh. That's got to be a violation of our rules here. On a second note, the other SABR researcher Mr. Cheremeteff has looked at Ken's find on Buck Herzog and is now just as much in doubt as I was until he talked me out of it. Happily, he's trying to advance the debate by obtaining a high-resolution copy of the 1908 image from the Harwell Collection. I'm leaving the McKinney image here because as mentioned, it's clearer. Attached Images Last edited by Merkle923; 01-13-2018 at 05:51 PM.