ON THIS DAY IN EARLY DODGERS HISTORY: FEB. 9

Posted by Ron on Feb 9, 2012 | 0 comments

Germany Smith

Feb. 9, 1890: Brooklyn baseball President Charles Byrne receives a letter from Mrs. George J. Smith stating that a hand injury suffered by her husband, Brooklyn shortstop Germany Smith, is “only of  a slight nature, and he would be entirely over it in a week.”