A Celebration of Louisville Baseball (SABR 27, 1997)

A. Ray Smith Comes to Louisville

Fate landed A. Ray Smith and his Springfield Redbirds on Louisville's…
A Celebration of Louisville Baseball (SABR 27, 1997)

Jim Fregosi Had an Edge: He Could Teach

Jim Fregosi was much more than a baseball tactician during his…
A Celebration of Louisville Baseball (SABR 27, 1997)

The Most Tragic Day in Baseball

Carl Mays, a pitcher who won 208 games in his major league career,…
A Celebration of Louisville Baseball (SABR 27, 1997)

Fred ‘Dandelion’ Pfeffer: A Star from Louisville’s Early Diamond Days

A 16-year veteran whose professional tenure included four seasons…
A Celebration of Louisville Baseball (SABR 27, 1997)

Home-grown Kentuckians in the Negro Leagues

Philosophically, socially and historically, Louisville and Kentucky…
A Celebration of Louisville Baseball (SABR 27, 1997)

A Tale of Two Cities: Former Scribe Recalls High Jinks in Kansas City and Louisville

In an official visit to the town of the big bat factory in 1960,…
A Celebration of Louisville Baseball (SABR 27, 1997)

The Silent World of Dummy Hoy

In 1992 I was invited to speak at the induction ceremonies of…
A Celebration of Louisville Baseball (SABR 27, 1997)

The 1877 Louisville Grays Scandal

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A Celebration of Louisville Baseball (SABR 27, 1997)

Tony Lupien: Personal Memories of the 1941 Louisville Colonels

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A Celebration of Louisville Baseball (SABR 27, 1997)

Bourbon, Baseball and Barney: Barney Dreyfuss, ‘Last of the Baseball Squires’

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A Celebration of Louisville Baseball (SABR 27, 1997)

Baseball’s Most Colorful Commissioner: Happy Chandler

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Cricket and Mr. Spalding

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Karl Lindholm: The Book

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From Unions to Royals (SABR 26, 1996)

Larrupin’ Lou Gehrig Bids the Fans Adieu in Kansas City

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From Unions to Royals (SABR 26, 1996)

‘The Czar is Dead — Long Live the Czar!’ How Kansas City Played a Role in Creating the Commissioner’s Office

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From Unions to Royals (SABR 26, 1996)

Leroy Robert ‘Satchel’ Paige

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Baseball in Kansas City

The Civil War introduced baseball to the armies of the South…

Kansas City’s Contribution to the Jurisprudence of Foul Ball Injuries

The weather was fair and warm on May 31, 1911, as the first place…

Only the Stars Come Out at Night: J.L. Wilkinson and His Lighting Machine

Star light, star bright, Black players overcome their forbidden…

Blues Barrage

"The Monsters of Missouri ... Caliphs of Catastroph ... Prehistoric…

A Trip Through the 1880s with the Kansas City Cowboys and Blues

On May 31, 1884 the Altoona Unions disbanded; club president…

Kansas City Diamond Specials

Three Outs for the Price of One Four different Kansas City teams…

Great Bend Baseball in the Kansas State and Central Kansas Leagues

The Beginning In May 1905, J.R. Lindsley proposed organizing…

Charley O: The Man, Not The Mule

In the history of Kansas City baseball ownership, Charles O.…

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