How to "catfish" an umpire

A tale from the dugout of the 1927 Yankees

Art Fletcher played 13 seasons in the big leagues, primarily manning shortstop for the John McGraw-managed New York Giants squads, finishing up his career with two seasons as a Phillie.

He went on to manage the Philadelphia squad for four seasons starting in 1922. The Phillies were awful in that era, and no matter how hard he tried, the Fightin’s finishe…