I have read pretty much all the baseball coverage in Cincinnati newspapers during the 1880's, and a fair amount for the 1890's. If a bad word was ever said about Bid McPhee, I have yet to see it.     "[McPhee] does not belong to the fancy class, and was the surest catch of an assist of any man who was seen in Cincinnati...Nobody can roam over more ground or deal destruction to more difficult hot grounders than he." Cincinnati Enquirer, November 12, 1882.   " This deserving gentleman by his quiet demeanor on the field, his earnest play and his general actions in and out of uniform  Read More