 Nobody knows exactly what it was, but I think he just didn't like them. He only played them in 19 games. As a pitcher, he played one game, one complete game that first year. He hit 157. Everybody wanted to send him out or cut him. And Bill Veck was smarter. He had signed Trish Speaker. Now, Trish Speaker, he and Ty Cobb battled, continuing to be the greatest player in the game.