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Baseball's Early Days shape-horizontal Autumn is ablaze in CapeIn a scene from baseball's Deadball Era, a catcher and batter prepare for a pitch in a game between the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates, Sept. 18, 1908. Back then pitchers threw spitballs, uniforms had no numbers and a dozen homers could win you a home run title. The catcher is Roger Bresnahan of the Giants, a versatile athlete who played all nine positions. Regarded as the Deadball Era's most famous catcher, he introduced protective equipment