As long as the rule existed that a losing team had to complete 5 innings at bat or a game was wiped from the records, many teams on the short end of a score after a few innings tried to prevent the.
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Charles Comiskey had come to Chicago in 1890 to manage the Pirates, the city's entry in the new Players League.
When the league folded after 1 season, he returned.