Jessie Foyle, aka Mrs. October, gave me this photo of her father Harry Haigh, who played organized baseball for 35 years. Haigh got his semi-pro start at age 13, as a pitcher, but his hitting skill soon got him switched to catcher. He played in leagues in New England, Louisiana, and Texas and eventually got a call from the Cleveland Indians, but a knee injury ended his major league career. He ended up as a player-coach in Philadelphia while working as a police officer. In 1936, Harry Haigh appeared in Ripley's "Believe It or Not" column. Ty Cobb had given once given Haigh a bat that he then used for 22 years. Jesse has sometimes talked about that bat, which was held together by nails. She credits her father, who died at 54, for her love of the game.
