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How determined are you to get paid?

For one baseball player over a century ago, the answer is "extremely."

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Joey Held
Oct 25, 2024
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Howdy! It’s Joey, back with more Fun Fact Friyay. They say baseball is a grueling season, but this one might have been the wackiest of all.

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Rupert Mills spent a season playing for a team that didn’t exist so he could still get paid.

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