From ‘Tillie’ Shafer to all-male boarding houses, pro baseball’s early history was rife with innuendo

From ‘Tillie’ Shafer to all-male boarding houses, pro baseball’s early history was rife with innuendo

Every summer, my Pittsburgh Steelers pack their gear and head to Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where Rolling Rock beer and Arnold Palmer were born. Multimillionaire athletes trade their mansions for shabby dorm rooms, saggy twin beds and swampy shared bathrooms. The team has been practicing at St. Vincent’s since 1966, only skipping once in 2020. It’s a throwback, for sure. But it also got me thinking about a version of that ar…