Philadelphia Baseball Ghosts: Highball Wilson

For many ball players, Philadelphia becomes merely a second home. What we aim to do with the "Philadelphia Baseball Ghosts" series is take a look at those who are born within Philadelphia city limits before they set off on their grand baseball adventure somewhere else in the vast, horrible world.

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Highball Wilson

DOB: August 9, 1878

What was happening in Philadelphia at the time: 1878 was a prideful year of Philadelphia sporting, as it saw the second ever regatta of the Fairmount Rowing Association, as well as a separate fall regatta for the American Rowing Club, featuring equal or greater pomposity (These are merely two of the five rowing regattas the city hosted that year -…