Indy Neidell's Baseball History Time Machine
Aug 30, 2026 · 38 min · 10 segments
A couple of tragic baseball deaths today for you, and the full story of Jim Creighton's rise to stardom and what he brought to baseball in his brief, tragic career, as well as side tracks into things…
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And after a local high school, he worked as a locomotive fireman, like stoking the engines.
Hang on, hang on, hang on.
When was this?
But began his career, his baseball career, when a brakeman he knew, who coached a Michigan town ball club on Carnegie's route, got him into a game and went short on players one day.
Like a sign that kid up moment from like a movie
he's got a rocket of arms.
Sign that kid
And he took a few months off from the railroad to finish the season playing there, right? And he did resume work after that, but the next summer spent the whole summer playing semi-pro ball.
When did he turn pro
And he spent three years moving up and down the minors with big success and big failure.
And after a local high school, he worked as a locomotive fireman, like stoking the engines.
Hang on, hang on, hang on.
When was this?
But began his career, his baseball career, when a brakeman he knew, who coached a Michigan town ball club on Carnegie's route, got him into a game and went short on players one day.
Like a sign that kid up moment from like a movie
he's got a rocket of arms.
Sign that kid
And he took a few months off from the railroad to finish the season playing there, right? And he did resume work after that, but the next summer spent the whole summer playing semi-pro ball.
When did he turn pro
And he spent three years moving up and down the minors with big success and big failure.
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