“So baseball is dead, like watching grass grow,” wrote Clif…
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On this crisp afternoon, the sky was a vivid blue, the grass…
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Negro League historian James A. Riley wrote about Satchel Paige,…
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Carl Yastrzemski was legendary in Boston — and throughout baseball.…
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The French have a term, jolie laide, that is typically used to…
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After the 2002 All-Star Snafu in Milwaukee — which ended in…
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FEBRUARY 11, 2022 — Early registration is now open for SABR's…
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The team that was the last to integrate had been – 26 years…
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Through the 2021 season, Brady Anderson is the only player in…
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Scott Cooper was born the day after the St. Louis Cardinals beat…
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Switch-hitting shortstop U.L. Washington played eight full major-league…
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The under-achieving Rockford Peaches were for all intents and…
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https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Not-an-Easy-Tale-to-Tell-cover.jpeg500333Jacob Pomrenke/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngJacob Pomrenke2022-02-09 02:14:242025-10-07 10:04:46Not an Easy Tale to Tell: Jackie Robinson on the Page, Stage, and Screen (2022)
One of the greatest days in Boston baseball history – October…
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In September 1922, the Memphis Red Sox of the Negro Southern…
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May 28, 1971: Sonny Siebert outduels Vida Blue
May 24, 1942: Paige, Monarchs get the best of Dizzy Dean All-Stars at Wrigley Field
July 26, 1942: Monarchs’ Satchel Paige garners the victory on day in his honor at Wrigley Field
September 17, 2019: A Yastrzemski homers at Fenway Park in a relief pitcher extravaganza
May 22, 1994: Cardinals fight back in Florida
July 15, 2003: Hank Blalock’s blast gives AL 9-7 win in the All-Star Game ‘that counts’
October 8, 1904: Boston’s Lou Criger guns down New York’s pennant hopes
This Week in SABR: February 11, 2022
Register now for the 2022 Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Birmingham
Ballpark Figures: Roger Cador
September 8, 1933: Mel Almada becomes the first Mexican native to play in a major-league baseball game
Brady Anderson
Ed Bouchee
Scott Cooper
Jack Enright
Jimmy Johnston
Norm Larker
Tom McCarthy
Hunky Shaw
U.L. Washington
August 18, 1947: Dottie Kamenshek goes 5-for-5 with two homers, chases second straight batting title
Not an Easy Tale to Tell: Jackie Robinson on the Page, Stage, and Screen (2022)
October 8, 1904: Clark Griffith rolls the dice and Chesbro loses to Boston on no rest
September 9-17, 1922: Turkey Stearnes and Memphis Red Sox defeat Dallas Black Giants in Dixie Series