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Quebec Loop Broke Color Line in 1935

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From a Researcher’s Notebook (1984)

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Research of Minors Yields Major Finds

The search for data on nineteenth-century minor leagues to be…

Sam Streeter: Smartest Pitcher In Negro Leagues

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Millers Topped Minors in Odd Protested Games

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The Grandest Game: Long 1877 Duel of Zeroes Put Syracuse on Map

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Lil’ Rastus Was Ty Cobb’s Good Luck Charm

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In Memoriam: Carl Mays’ Beaning of Ray Chapman Recounted

Ray Chapman, the only player killed in a major league game, was…

Forgotten Champs: No Player, Only Pilot of 1939-40 Reds in Shrine

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The National Pastime, Vol. 3 (Spring 1984)

Introduction: The National Pastime, Spring 1984 (19th Century Pictorial Issue)

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Out at Home: Baseball Draws the Color Line, 1887

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The Joe Wood Scrapbook

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Bowing Out On Top

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Jack Sheridan, umpire

The Ballad of Old Bill Williams

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The Best Fielders of the Century

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William Ellsworth Hoy, 1862-1961

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The Making of a Baseball Radical: John Montgomery Ward

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The Freshman Class of 1964

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The Great Days, The Great Stars

I splashed grapefruit juice into the eye of the first Hall of…

Sal Maglie: A Study in Frustration

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Louis Van Zelst In the Age of Magic

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The Hapless Braves of 1935

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