Boston Beaneaters pitcher Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn is pictured making the middle-finger gesture toward a cameraman in 1886. The image is widely considered th

Boston Beaneaters pitcher Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn is pictured making the middle-finger gesture toward a cameraman in 1886. The image is widely considered the earliest known photograph of the gesture. Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn was one of the most durable and dominant pitchers of 19th-century b…