This day in baseball: Evers suspended
Posted: September 10, 2019 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Boston Braves, history, Johnny Evers, Major League Baseball, Mal Eason, MLB, sports 1 CommentAfter swearing at umpire Mal Eason on September 10, 1914, Braves shortstop Johnny Evers wound up with a three-day suspension from baseball. Evers, however, insisted that he had been talking to the ball and not the umpire.

Johnny Evers (Fenway Park Diaries)
I believe him.
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