On this date in 1875: A sports legend was born

Luther "Dummy" Taylor was born on this day (Feb. 21) in 1875.

Luther Taylor, known as Dummy Taylor, played for the San Francisco Giants when they were in upper Manhattan, and later for the Kansas City Royals in the early 1900s. He not only "bridged a gap between hearing and nonbearing athletes," he "remains a unique link between Kansas City and the Giants." Read more in the New York Times