
Editor’s Note: The National Pastime 2026
If you want to write about baseball history, there are far worse…

The 1881 Cleveland Blues and a Trio of Canadian Baseball Pioneers
Edward “The Only” Nolan was beloved by his fans, especially…

Sport McAllister Starts at all Nine Positions in 1899
Sport McAllister, top left, continued being a super-utilityman…

Lost to Lake Erie: Early Canadian Baseball at Colchester’s Sunken Field
The ruins of old Christ Church in Colchester, Ontario, pictured…

Major League Clubs on Lake Erie During the Late Nineteenth Century
Many historians assign the 1884 Toledo club a special place…

Cleveland Baseball at the Turn of the Twentieth Century and the Path to the American League
Along with his brother, Stanley Robison mined the Cleveland…

The 1904 Cleveland Blues-Pittsburgh Pirates Postseason Series
The Cleveland Blues, seen here in 1903 or 1904, were part of…

Telling’s Strollers: 1914 World Amateur Baseball Champions
Photos taken during and after the Telling’s Strollers amateur…

The 1926 Cleveland Indians: A Bright Season During a Challenging Stretch
George Burns, who would end up as the American League’s…

George Uhle: The Bull Leads the Tribe in the 1926 AL Pennant Race
While Cleveland couldn’t catch the Yankees to win the 1926…

Cleveland Fans Could Root-Root-Root for Three Indians Teams in 1931
Pitcher Wes Ferrell was depicted in an illustration by Charles…

Cleveland’s Terminal Building and the 708-Foot Game of Catch
Cleveland’s 708-foot Terminal Tower has been the site of…

Cleveland’s Negro Leagues in 1942: The Buckeyes, the Tryout that Sort-Of Happened, and the East-West Game
1947 Cleveland Buckeyes team photo (SABR-Rucker Archive)
It…

The Staging of One of Baseball’s Most Famous Images: The Steve Gromek-Larry Doby Photo Revisited
The famous photograph of Steve Gromek and Larry Doby embracing…

The Roger Maris Trade: Wrong Team, Too Soon
Roger Maris’s trade to the Athletics will remain one of…

Luke Easter: ‘Boundless Talent, Numerous Challenges’
Luke Easter’s career, with moments of glory and tumult,
Is…

Bob Feller: The Johnny Appleseed of Home Run Derbies
Orchardist John Chapman, otherwise known as Johnny Appleseed,…

Cleveland Browns’ Warren Lahr and His Lifelong Dream to ‘Play Big League Baseball’
Warren Lahr with the 1949 Cleveland Browns. (Author's Collection)
In…

Ten Little-Known Indians Relievers
In five years with Cleveland, Ray Narleski racked up 53 saves,…

Baseball at Brookside Reservation in Cleveland
Sporting crowds at Brookside Park could be enormous, sometimes…

Randy Johnson’s Western New York Roots
During the summer of 1985, a towering, 6-foot, 10-inch tall…

Ontario Teams in the New York-Penn League: The PONY Rode Again
The origin of the New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) dates…

Jim Weber: The Voice of the Toledo Mud Hens
To fans of the Toledo Mud Hens, Jim Weber was their very own…

Seven States Get Their Major League Call-Up
Future Hall of Famer Willard Brown hit a home run for the…
