Rabbit Maranville

Rabbit can be found in the https://www.pennantchase.com/lgHome.. (Babe Ruth League). I grab Maranville whenever I can because of his defense. He does a good job up the middle.
What I do is switch him to 1924. For me, he performs better in stolen bases and also defense. He’ll close the season with with around a 225 average. Personally, I’ll take that up the middle just about any day.. the following is an excerpt from a Wikipedia article. I hope you enjoy this about one of our colorful historical players. I did because I did not know this about him.
He has also became a superstition for me. I pick him constantly as a good luck charm. Yup, we pennantchase.com fans are also a superstitious bunch!

Maranville was known as one of "baseball's most famous clowns" due to his practical jokes and lack of inhibitions.[6] He used to don a pair of glasses to make fun of umpires and mimic the actions of hitters or pitchers who took an especially long time to get ready.[4] Other stunts he pulled included throwing firecrackers, stepping out on hotel ledges, and swallowing goldfish.[4] On a road trip to New York, Maranville had teammate Jack Scott cry "Stop, thief!" as Scott chased him through Times Square.[4] Another time, his concerned teammates broke into his hotel room after hearing screams, breaking glass, and gunshots emanating from within, as well as Maranville groaning, "Eddie, you're killing me!" An unharmed Maranville and two friends greeted the players like nothing was wrong as they wandered out of the room.[4] When Maranville was appointed manager of the Chicago Cubs in 1925—one of their worst seasons ever—he continued to demonstrate his wild behavior.[7] His only rule with the team was that none of the players could go to bed before he did.[4] One night he walked through a Pullman car, dumping water on sleeping players' heads, saying, "No sleeping under Maranville management, especially at night."[7] After 53 games with him as the manager, the Cubs were in last place with a 23–30 record.[8] Not long after that, he was out on the street outside Ebbets Field in Brooklyn mimicking a newsboy hawking papers. He cried out, "Read all about it! Maranville fired!" And so he was—the next day.[7]

Found in WIKIPEDIA

Back when there were "Characters" in baseball. I switch him to '24 if I need a 2B or '21 if I need a SS. A really solid back-up guy.

- The Sheik

Your right. Relef running ain’t bad, if you can get him in. Like I pointed out, he’s become my good luck superstion, so I start him, unless the other s.s. blows him out of the water in the way stat pick drafts.

There was a great book I read in the 70's called " The Glory of Their Times " by Lawrence Ritter . If you want to read some more great stories ,check it out. Rube Waddell is another strange character who was also a good player.

I’ll see if I can pick it up thru CHIRP AUDIO or BOOKBUB, SOUNDS GOOD.

Or just watch Ken Burn's Baseball documentary .