Many baseball fans are familiar with the expression “tools of ignorance.” It is credited with some uncertainty to both Muddy Ruel and Bill Dickey. If the phrase is new to you, here is one definition found in the April 4, 1944 issue of The Sporting News: “Players call the catcher’s armor the ‘tools of ignorance.’ …
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Ed Youngblood 