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Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Kid Nichols, standing with a bat over his shoulder on the field at West Side Grounds, Chicago, Illinois, 1905. (Photo by Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images)

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Kid Nichols, standing with a bat over his shoulder on the field at West Side Grounds, Chicago, Illinois, 1905. (Photo by Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images)