Delos Drake
Delos Daniel Drake (December 3, 1886 – October 3, 1965) was a professional baseball player from 1906 to 1916. He played three seasons of Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the Detroit Tigers in 1911 and for the St. Louis Terriers of the Federal League in 1914 and 1915. He appeared in 335 major league games, compiling a .263 batting average with 50 doubles, 21 triples, five home runs, 119 RBIs and 43 stolen bases.
Early years
Drake was born in Girard, Ohio, in 1886. He was the son of Dr. William and Mary Drake. His father was the manager of a semi-pro baseball team in Findlay, Ohio, in the 1890s. Drake learned the game while practicing with players from his father's team.
Professional baseball career
Minor leagues
Drake began his professional baseball career playing in the Ohio-Pennsylvania League for the Newark (Ohio) Cotton Tops in 1906 and the Marion Moguls in 1907. Over the next three years, he also played minor league ball for the Johnstown Johnnies (1908), Newark Indians (1909), and Wilkes-Barre Barons (1910-1911). He compiled batting averages of .326 and .340 in his two seasons at Wilkes-Barre.
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Dallas Drake
by: Will HavenVirtual razor blade
kill yourself with a man made failsafe troubleshoot
it's time we peel away
everyday it seems we bind ourselves
locked in our chairs
we fade into a landscape enclosed
the machine it ingests our lives
believe keyboard who's punching your buttons
we entrust our minds and our pockets unto a box
and guess who's listening
the webs have been spun and we're all dancing in the silk
waiting to be sucked dry
but I'll sing on for more exercise
the possessed and at times I get so tired of hearing all the hype
I wish I could feel the warmth of another body
and to shed this shell of bitter sweet isolation
to think I share this chair with so many eyes