
Charlie Abbey
In all of Major League Baseball history, 119 players originated…

Si Burick
Si Burick’s byline adorned the sports pages of the Dayton Daily…

Willa Bea Harmon
During the 1942 baseball season, many of the articles about the…

Dizzy Dismukes
He was a star pitcher, one who not only threw a no-hitter —…

Russ Cowans
Russell J. “Russ” Cowans was known in Detroit as the “Dean…

Bob Broeg
Bob Broeg (rhymes with “egg”) was a titan of sports writing…

Larry Colton
For Larry Colton, one night in June 1968 seemingly devastated…

Walter Barnes
For 50 years, from 1889 to 1940, Walter Barnes was a sportswriter…

Randy Galloway
Suppose they started a baseball season and nobody came?That was…

Susan Fornoff
Susan Fornoff’s childhood influenced her career choice; the…

Sigfredo Barros
“There is no baseball off-season in Cuba,” declares Sigfredo…

O.P. Caylor
Although most current reference works assign Oliver Hazard Perry…
Ed Burns
Among a lifetime of lively anecdotes, perhaps none better evokes…

Roger Angell
He is, perhaps, the most exquisitely talented writer ever to…
Dick Gordon
Dick Gordon got his start by breaking a national story when he…

Lou Chapman
“Pack a bag.” The speaker was Lloyd Larson, sports editor…

Bob Addie
With his trademark dark glasses and red socks, Bob Addie, the…

Henry Chadwick
In the fall of 1856, a New York Times cricket journalist spotted…

Dan Daniel
Dan Daniel thought he had the best job on the newspaper. Several…

Lee Allen
At the time of his death in 1969, Lee Allen had been the historian…

L. Robert Davids
Bob Davids, a career Federal government employee, never played…

Stan Baumgartner
In baseball history, few major leaguers have turned to sports…

Jim Brosnan
A fine major league pitcher for several years, Jim Brosnan wrote…

Jim Bouton
Although he became a star for the most famous team in baseball,…