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 Cleveland Bronchos a in the early 1900s. Taylor was an important pitchers on the Giants' championship teams of 1904 and 1905. 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