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The Team That Time Won’t Forget: The 1951 New York Giants Edited by Bill Nowlin and C. Paul Rogers III  Associate editors: Clem Comly and Len Levin  Contributing editors: James Forr and Carl Riechers Publication Date: December 8, 2015 Foreword by Monte Irvin ISBN (e-book): 978-1-9335-9998-4, $9.99 ISBN (paperback): 978-1-9335-9999-1, $39.95 Because of Bobby Thomson’s […]

Introduction and Context Once again the American and National Leagues met in New York City, December 7 to 9, 1925. The stormy drama that engulfed the winter meeting proceedings in 1924 gave way to clear skies this winter, and it was expected to be business as usual based on last year’s understood agreements. Hence the […]

If you had asked fans prior to the 1969 baseball season which scenario was more likely—man landing on the moon or the New York Mets wining the world championship—they would probably have been hard-pressed to choose, both being equally improbable. Casey Stengel, original Mets manager and overseer of the ugliest launching of a franchise in […]

The start of the 1979 season served as a good reminder of the interesting and significant role brothers have played in major league baseball. First there was Jesus Alou, back for his 15th season in the Big Time. This gives the three Alou brothers (Felipe 17 and Matty 15) a record 47 manyears in the […]