St. Louis Cardinals team ownership history

The St. Louis Cardinals won a World Series championship in…

The Hernandez Brothers: Livan and Orlando

"I know what everyone knows: Cuba is the worst place on the globe…

1966 Atlanta Braves broadcasters

When the Atlanta Braves began broadcasting in April of 1966,…

1944 Ohio State League

Many minor leagues folded after Pearl Harbor. Most of the rest…

Bob Elson and WGN-Chicago

Imagine wanting to listen to a baseball game on the radio and…
Ben Levi, left, and Lou Levi, right (pictured here flanking their sister), were indicted by a Chicago grand jury in March 1921, two of the five gamblers charged with conspiring to fix the 1919 World Series. The charges were later dropped.

Ben and Lou Levi

While volumes have been written on Arnold Rothstein — who was…

Catalina Island

In February 1919 the recently proclaimed principal owner of…

Julian Wera’s impostor

Early in the morning of September 13, 1948, an Oroville, California,…

Voices of the 1957 Braves

In Wisconsin during the mid- and late 1950s, the most recognizable…
Harmon Killebrew (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

The Late 1960s Twins

On October 14, 1965, the Minnesota Twins lost a heartbreaking…

The Building of the 1965 Twins

When Calvin Griffith formally took over the Washington Senators…

Manager Dick Williams

Dick Williams was regarded as one of baseball’s premier managers…

Charlie-O

There was actually method to the madness behind Charlie Finley’s…

1967 Minnesota Twins

On September 30, 1967, a Saturday afternoon, the Minnesota Twins…
George Davis

George Davis and Jane Holden

This essay is adapted from an article published in the September…
William Hulbert (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

The League Alliance

The League Alliance arose as the National League of Professional…
Jackie Robinson (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Baseball Demographics, 1947-2016

Several years ago, I (Mark) performed a research project to numerically…

Twilight at Ebbets Field

Ebbets Field has been gone for more than half a century, but…

Bob Quinn and the Farm System

This article was originally published in SABR's "Can He Play?…

Fidel Castro and Baseball

His fastball has long since died. He still has a few curveballs…
Harry Frazee (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Harry Frazee and the Red Sox

Editor's note: This article first appeared in the SABR Baseball…

The Oriole Way

Editor's note: This essay is from SABR's "Pitching, Defense,…

Baseball Integration, 1947-1986

In early 2007 major league baseball marked the 60th anniversary…

The Sporting News

The Sporting News is the oldest sporting publication in the United…

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