The Boston Beaneaters came to Cleveland, Ohio, for a two-game…
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“They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays,” Ted…
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Outfielder Jason Lane had debuted with the Houston Astros in…
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He has been called baseball’s first superstar, its first professional,…
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By 1862, the unofficial title of “champion” senior club in…
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The ballfield was surrounded by stately oak trees, sweet-water…
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Following the success of their July 1860 swing through upstate…
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Determining the first enclosed baseball field is a matter for…
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Asa Brainard, Excelsiors right fielder and leadoff hitter.
In…
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HURRAH FOR THE EXCELSIORS!Come my lads and listenTo what I now…
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Amherst College was founded when Zephania Swift Moore, president…
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In the May 29, 1859 issue of The Sunday Mercury, a weekly New…
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Baseball before the Civil War was very much a regional game,…
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The baseball rivalry between Brooklyn and New York, made famous…
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Some baseball games are historic even though few details of the…
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Three games between rival clubs were played in October 1845.…
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By 1905, pitcher-turned sporting goods entrepreneur Albert Spalding…
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On Independence Day of 1833, two groups of town ball players…
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Welcome to "This Week in SABR!" Here's what we've been up to…
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In Wisconsin during the mid- and late 1950s, the most recognizable…
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To say that the final game of the regular season for the Milwaukee…
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July 9, 1891: Cy Young shuts down Beaneaters for 15th victory
July 9, 1963: Mays leads NL stars in return to single All-Star Game
June 3, 2014: Jason Lane returns to majors as a pitcher
October 14, 1862: The Martyrdom of Jim Creighton
September 18, 1862: The ‘Silver Ball’ Game
July 4, 1862: The Civil War POW Game
September 1860: The Grand Excursion, part 2: Excelsiors of South Brooklyn
July 24, 1860: The first enclosed ballpark
August 23, 1860: No gentlemen’s game, Excelsior vs. Atlantic
July 1860: The Grand Excursion of the South Brooklyn Excelsiors
October 11, 1859: Upton Excelsiors become the Massachusetts champions
July 1, 1859: Baseball goes to college
June 30, 1859: Caught on the fly: Knickerbockers vs. Excelsiors
September 9, 1858: The New York rules in New England
Summer 1858: The Brooklyn-New York baseball rivalry begins
June 3, 1851: Match play, Knickerbockers vs. Washington Club (NY)
October 1845: The first recorded baseball games in New York
Circa 1840: The legendary Doubleday Game
July 4, 1833: In the beginning, Olympics vs. Camden
This Week in SABR: October 17, 2014
Voices of the 1957 Braves
October 3, 1982: Brewers hold off Orioles’ charge in season finale
Jack Lelivelt
Mutz Ens