{"id":17052,"date":"2017-02-10T14:34:31","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T14:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballhalloffame.ca\/?p=17052"},"modified":"2017-02-10T14:34:31","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T14:34:31","slug":"the-detroit-wolverines-national-league-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballhalloffame.ca\/fr\/the-detroit-wolverines-national-league-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"THE DETROIT WOLVERINES, NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posting this story because Manager William Watkins was born in Brantford, Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>By Scott Ferkovich, February 7, 2017<\/p>\n<p>On the eve of his team\u2019s opening-day matchup with the Indianapolis Hoosiers, Manager Bill Watkins called a meeting with the players. The meeting served not only as a pep talk, but it also afforded him an opportunity to review the team rules. The pre-season discourse had become a budding tradition for the 28-year-old Watkins. He was in his third year of skippering the Detroit Wolverines of the National League. If the previous year was any indication, the 1887 team figured to be very good indeed. One Chicago newspaper even described the Detroits as \u201csuperb animals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cap Anson\u2019s Chicago White Stockings were the reigning National League champions, but Detroit had finished a close second, only 2\u00bd games off the pace in \u201986. Watkins knew that his Wolverine squad could compete with anybody, and he said as much when his men gathered in his Indianapolis hotel room.<\/p>\n<p>Lire la suite <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com\/article\/detroit-wolverines-national-league-champions\">cliquez ici.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posting this story because Manager William Watkins was born in Brantford, Ontario. 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