“I was not able to understand how it could be wrong to pay a ball player for entertaining the public.” ~~Al Spalding 01 Thursday May 2014 Posted by Michael Wilson in 2014, Vault ≈ Leave a comment TagsAl Spalding, Boston Red Stockings (1871-1875) Al Spalding “I was not able to understand how it could be right to pay an actor, or a singer, or an instrumentalist for entertaining the public and wrong to pay a ball player for doing exactly the same thing.” ~~Al Spalding Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInLike this:Like Loading...