Ridgewood Park, New York City (COURTESY OF BILL LAMB)

Ridgewood Park (New York)

For three consecutive seasons in the late 1880s, the Brooklyn…
Sherry Smith (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

Sherry Smith

Sherry Smith was a laconic Georgian who narrowly lost a World…
Judy Gans (NoirTech Research)

Judy Gans

As a ballplayer, Judy Gans is a bit of an enigma. On the one…

Whitey Lockman

Most baseball fans are aware of “The Shot Heard ’Round the…
Carlos Guillén (Getty Images)

Carlos Guillén

A versatile player who played all four infield positions and…
Henderson Alvarez (Getty Images)

Henderson Alvarez

Henderson Álvarez III wasn’t a World Series champion pitcher,…
Ramón Hernández (Courtesy of Jerry Coli / Dreamstime)

Ramón Hernández

Why didn’t Jeremy Giambi slide? Hindsight is always crystal…
Carlos Hernandez (Getty Images)

Carlos Hernández

Baseball has always been a game of figures, scenarios, and probabilities.…
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Richard Hidalgo

Richard Hidalgo’s career was notable for short bursts of remarkable…
Giovanni Carrara (Getty Images)

Giovanni Carrara

If there is a word to describe Giovanni Carrara during his 24…
Kelvim Escobar

Kelvim Escobar

San José de la Sabana might as well be a Hamlet from a Latin…
Carlos Garcia (Getty Images)

Carlos García

The Pan-American Highway cuts through the northern Andes state…
1887-88 photo of Jacob White Eyes as an 18-year-old student of the Educational Home for Boys, by John N. Choate, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

July 30, 1889: Hazleton’s Jacob White Eyes competes in pitchers’ duel in Harrisburg

In the 1880s, the Educational Home for Boys in Philadelphia…
Ty Cobb (TRADING CARD DB)

May 13, 1911: Ty Cobb’s 5 RBIs not enough to withstand Red Sox comeback

The 1911 Boston Red Sox were nothing to write home about. They…

Friends of Hinchliffe Stadium honored with 2021 SABR Russell Gabay Award

The Friends of Hinchliffe Stadium organization is the 2021 recipient…
Rick Wise (TRADING CARD DB)

September 18, 1971: Masterful performance by Rick Wise propels Phillies to victory

Rick Wise was a welcome success story for the Philadelphia Phillies.…
Ron Cey (TRADING CARD DB)

August 4, 1986: Dennis Eckersley, Ron Cey lead Cubs past first-place Mets

The Chicago Cubs overcame two ejections and the first-place New…
Hee-Seop Choi (TRADING CARD DB)

June 7, 2003: Hee-Seop Choi’s injury overshadows Wood-Clemens pitching duel at Wrigley

Going in, the game had the makings of one of the all-time-great…
Dustin Pedroia (TRADING CARD DB)

May 25, 2013: Pedroia, Red Sox mount comeback for holiday weekend win over Cleveland

In the third game of a four-game Memorial Day weekend series,…

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