Alexander Cartwright wrote the early rules of play.
\nBut credit, as inventor, went to Abner Doubleday.<\/p>\n
"Cap" Anson may have been the first superstar of the game.
\nBut gambling and his racist bent have long since soiled his name.<\/p>\n
Solly Hemus was a battler. He could give and take it.
\nNot too wise, he told Bob Gibson he would never make it.<\/p>\n
Marquis Grissom hit in fifteen straight world series games.
\nYet, in lists of his time’s stars, he’s not amongst the names.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"