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July 24, 1860: The first enclosed ballpark

October 22, 2014

Determining the first enclosed baseball field is a matter for…

August 23, 1860: No gentlemen’s game, Excelsior vs. Atlantic

October 22, 2014

The unofficial concept of a local “champion” among the senior…

July 1860: The Grand Excursion of the South Brooklyn Excelsiors

October 22, 2014

Asa Brainard, Excelsiors right fielder and leadoff hitter. In…

October 11, 1859: Upton Excelsiors become the Massachusetts champions

October 22, 2014

HURRAH FOR THE EXCELSIORS!Come my lads and listenTo what I now…

July 1, 1859: Baseball goes to college

October 21, 2014

Amherst College was founded when Zephania Swift Moore, president…

June 30, 1859: Caught on the fly: Knickerbockers vs. Excelsiors

October 21, 2014

In the May 29, 1859 issue of The Sunday Mercury, a weekly New…

September 9, 1858: The New York rules in New England

October 21, 2014

Baseball before the Civil War was very much a regional game,…

Summer 1858: The Brooklyn-New York baseball rivalry begins

October 20, 2014

The baseball rivalry between Brooklyn and New York, made famous…

June 3, 1851: Match play, Knickerbockers vs. Washington Club (NY)

October 20, 2014

Some baseball games are historic even though few details of the…

October 1845: The first recorded baseball games in New York

October 20, 2014

Three games between rival clubs were played in October 1845.…

Circa 1840: The legendary Doubleday Game

October 20, 2014

By 1905, pitcher-turned sporting goods entrepreneur Albert Spalding…

July 4, 1833: In the beginning, Olympics vs. Camden

October 20, 2014

On Independence Day of 1833, two groups of town ball players…

This Week in SABR: October 17, 2014

October 17, 2014

Welcome to "This Week in SABR!" Here's what we've been up to…

October 3, 1982: Brewers hold off Orioles’ charge in season finale

October 16, 2014

To say that the final game of the regular season for the Milwaukee…

Jack Lelivelt

October 15, 2014

In a career that spanned from 1906 to 1940, Jack Lelivelt was…

Mutz Ens

October 15, 2014

The lesser known of two professional baseball-playing brothers,…

Pi Schwert

October 15, 2014

Pi Schwert has the distinction of being one of a small handful…

John Woods

October 15, 2014

John Woods – September 16, 1924. Pitcher Woods, back in the…

Dick Stockton

October 13, 2014

It is rare for a single moment to pivot a career. Dick Stockton…

This Week in SABR: October 10, 2014

October 10, 2014

Welcome to "This Week in SABR!" Here's what we've been up to…

Danny Clark

October 10, 2014

Vice and dissipation may have had their way. Meridian, Mississippi,…

Ray Francis

October 10, 2014

Even professional athletes sometimes die suddenly and at quite…

Al Stokes

October 10, 2014

Catcher Al Stokes “was one of the hardest workers a Rockford…

Denny Williams

October 10, 2014

ONE DEAD, FIVE HURT IN WRECK – Los Angeles Times, March 24,…

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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

October 3, 1982: Brewers hold off Orioles’ charge in season finale

Jack Lelivelt

Mutz Ens

Pi Schwert

John Woods

Dick Stockton

This Week in SABR: October 10, 2014

Danny Clark

Ray Francis

Al Stokes

Denny Williams

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