George Davis and Jane Holden
This essay is adapted from an article published in the September…
The League Alliance
The League Alliance arose as the National League of Professional…
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 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…
Global League
Major League Baseball's revenue generating power exploded during…
The Sporting News
The Sporting News is the oldest sporting publication in the United…
Dover Hall Club
The idea of a winter retreat appealed to many in the baseball…
Logan Squares
In the midst of a successful career in the major leagues, Jim…
Bethlehem Steel League
Organized Baseball faced challenges on several fronts during…
Joe Hardy
Every so often there comes a phenom who streaks across the baseball…
Cuban League
Editor's note: This article was published in 2016.
The popular…
Ball Four
Nearly a half-century after its publication, one does not encounter…
Manikin Baseball Indicator
With the weather turning crisp in October of 1916, sports fans…
Salerno/Valentine Case
Baseball traveled through rough waters beginning in the late…
Scouting Jack Doyle
Among the top scouts, few have possessed as varied a background…
1947 Yankees Ownership
What came to be known as the Yankees Dynasty began under the…
Altoona Unions
The years have not been particularly kind to Altoona, Pennsylvania.…