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Rudolph Sommers colorized with the Brooklyn Tip-Tops of the Federal League from a post shared by Cinemaodyssey and the Boston Red Sox in an image shared by tnfoto. Sommers made his MLB debut with the Chicago Cubs in 1912 at age 25, skipped a year and returned with the Tip-Tops in 1914, and then took a 12 year hiatus from the bigs only to return and pitch with the Red Sox at age 39 and 40 in 1926 and 1927.