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Early MLB Ace Gus Weyhing Was An Accused Pigeon Thief

The star pitcher got into some trouble when he was found to be in possession of a couple of missing expensive birds

Andrew Martin
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4 min readMar 16, 2021

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Gus Weyhing was a talented pitcher, acting as one of the top aces in baseball during the late 1880s and early 1890s. While he made his living on the mound, a major interest of his…

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Andrew Martin

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