Roy Tucker, Not Roy Hobbs: The Baseball Novels of John R. Tunis

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The National Pastime, Spring 1986 (Volume 5, No. 1)

Introduction: The National Pastime, Spring 1986 (Deadball Era Pictorial Issue)

Two years after bringing you the first pictorial issue of The…

Illustrated Baseball Books

Author's note: The following compilation of illustrated baseball…

Baseball Joe Matson: The Greatest Player Who Never Was

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A Tour of Yankee Literature

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Bob Broeg: A Reminiscence of Red Smith

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Survey: What Baseball Books Do You Return to Most Often?

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Revealing a Larger Truth: A False Spring, by Pat Jordan

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Baseball Juvenile Literature

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The Negro Leagues Revisited

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Ty Cobb, Joe Jackson and Applied Psychology

With the 1911 season about finished, Shoeless Joe Jackson of…

Zane Grey’s Redheaded Outfield

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J. Lee Richmond’s Remarkable 1879 Season

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Protested Games Cause of Muddled Records

The position of league president is a sinecure. All he has to…

Anatomy of a Murder: The Federal League and the Courts

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Oscar Charleston (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Oscar Charleston No. 1 Star of 1921 Negro League

Oscar Charleston was known as “the Black Ty Cobb.” Both men…

Black Bluejackets: The Great Lakes Negro Varsity of 1944

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Long-Ball Heroes: Like Fictional Roy Hobbs, Yaz, Harm, Babe, Ted Led Turnabouts

On the theory that everyone has a little bit of the New York…

Aspirations: High School Teammates Who Reached Big Leagues

Every spring thousands of high school athletes try out for their…

‘I Don’t Care If I Ever Get Back’: Late Finishes Leave Fans Limp But Ecstatic

AT 4:09 A.M. on Easter morning, April 19, 1981, just 51 minutes…

Jimmy Cooney in Two Unassisted Triple Plays

The Twenties were still "Roaring,'' Lindbergh was in Paris, Coolidge…

Comparisons: Is N.L. Really Better? Study Raises Doubts

In addition to the traditional fireworks displays on Independence…