Rube Foster (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Rube Foster

“If the talents of Christy Mathewson, John McGraw, Ban Johnson…

1947 Yankees Ownership

What came to be known as the Yankees Dynasty began under the…

Scouting Jack Doyle

Among the top scouts, few have possessed as varied a background…

Jack Buck

On the night of September 17, 2001, a frail white-haired man…

Gussie Busch

For nearly a quarter century, Gussie Busch simultaneously led…

Harry Caray

“The taxi driver, the bartender, the waitress, the man in the…

Bing Devine

Vaughan Pallmore “Bing” Devine, a soft-spoken, modest man,…

Bob Howsam

Bob Howsam would consider himself one of the last of a breed.…

Russ Hodges

People of a certain age know where they were when the Japanese…

Charley Barrett

“He was a missionary extraordinary for the game itself. ……
Dan Topping, circa 1945 (SABR-RUCKER ARCHIVE)

Dan Topping

Dan Topping enjoyed a “sportsman” lifestyle we seldom see…

Larry Sutton

From program seller to umpire, manager, scout, and owner, Larry…

Del Webb

Del Webb’s father was a native-born Californian who spent his…

Edith Houghton

There is a kind of Holy Trinity of obsessions all serious baseball…
George Weiss (Trading Card DB)

George Weiss

George Weiss presided over the greatest sustained run of excellence…
George Omachi (Courtesy of Janice Yokoyama)

George Omachi

From internment camps to universal respect in the scouting community,…

Roy and Bessie Largent

There have been many famous husband-wife teams who shared a career,…

Bill Clark

This is a man who keeps busy. In 36 years as a major-league scout,…

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This Week in SABR: December 16, 2011

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Seamheads updates database with Cuban Summer League stats

From SABR member Gary Ashwill at Seamheads.com on December 15,…

This Week in SABR: December 9, 2011

Here's what we've been up to as of December 9, 2011 — and don't…