July 21, 1886: “A Glorious Victory”: Cuban Giants beat the Red Stockings

Formed by Frank P. Thompson, headwaiter of the Argyle Hotel in…

September 29-October 3, 1885: White Stockings cap a pennant chase

The 1885 National League pennant race was a battle between two…

October 23-25, 1884: The first “World Series”

This chapter is not about a single game. Instead, it is about…

July 28, 1884: Old Hoss Radbourn: 59 or 60 victories?

Two remarkable pitchers powered Providence’s drive toward the…

October 4, 1969: Orioles win first-ever ALCS game

On October 4, 1969, nearly 40,000 fans filed into Memorial Stadium…

July 7, 1884: One-Arm Daily strikes out 19 (or 20)

Like Three-Fingered Brown after him, Hugh "One-Arm" Daily was…

June 7, 1884: Charlie Sweeney strikes out 19 for Providence

Providence, Rhode Island, was an awfully small city for two egos…

May 1, 1884: Fleet Walker’s major-league debut

Although the misconception has long been debunked by baseball…

September 21-23, 1883: St. Louis Browns dynasty nipped at the wire

The 1883 American Association season had the closest major-league…

Damion Easley

A boy of perhaps 8 or 9 years planted himself strategically between…

Sam Mertes

Sam Mertes possessed a rare combination of speed and power. …

Catalina Island

In February 1919 the recently proclaimed principal owner of…

Irving Vaughan

In the summer of 1919, the year the Black Sox threw the World…

Ed Burns

Among a lifetime of lively anecdotes, perhaps none better evokes…

Margaret Donahue

Baseball fans and historians have doubtless wondered about the…

Walter Ball

Right-hander Walter Ball was one of the top pitchers in early…

Arlie Tarbert

Arlie Tarbert first made headlines in his native Cleveland as…

Julian Wera’s impostor

Early in the morning of September 13, 1948, an Oroville, California,…
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