TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to refute allegations from various sources that, as a pitcher for the Phillips Exeter Academy baseball team, Frederick W. Taylor cheated by using an illegal overhand delivery.Design/methodology/approach– Drawing on archival research, including a recently discovered letter by his son, Robert, this paper dispels the “myth” surrounding Taylor's alleged cheating as a member of the Phillips Exeter Academy baseball team.Findings– This research suggests that the “myth” of Fred's purported cheating may be traced to a January 1934 Esquire Magazine article by American Novelist John R. Dos Passos.Originality/value– As a consequence, of the information only a son could have provided, this paper sets the record straight concerning Taylor's alleged cheating, and in doing so, demonstrate how a reliance on “myth” rather than “fact” stands in the way of capturing the elusive past.
VL  - 14
IS  - 3
SN  - 1751-1348
DO  - 10.1108/17511340810880652
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/17511340810880652
AU  - Taylor Shannon G.
AU  - Bedeian Arthur G.
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - The Fred Taylor baseball myth: a son goes to bat for his father
T2  - Journal of Management History
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 294
EP  - 298
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -