View source for Clipping:$2,500 for the release of a minor league player

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|Type of Date=Day
|Date=6/22/1887
|Title=$2,500 for the release of a minor league player
|Text=<p>Al Reach went all the way to Nashville after Maul, the Philadelphia lad who has created such a sensation in the Southern League as a pitcher and batsman.  Al went, saw, and was convinced, and landed his fish for $,2500, the highest sum ever paid for the release of a minor league player.  Three thousand dollars was the original price, but Al's persuasive voice resulted in a reduction of 500 simoleons.</p>
|Source=Sporting Life
|Submitted by=Richard Hershberger
|Origin=Initial Hershberger Clippings
}}