
Cy Block: His Second Successful Career
A career goal is not an easy thing to fulfill, as we all learn.…

The Early Years: A Gallery
What stories these pictures tell! They give voice to a game,…

Modern Times
Click on an image below to view Stuart Leeds's illustrated article,…

The Egyptian and the Greyhounds
Two years ago at an auction in St. Louis, I acquired a cabinet…

The Great New York Team of 1927—And It Wasn’t The Yankees
The 1927 New York Yankees, featuring Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, et…

Goose Goslin’s Induction Day
The date was July 22, 1968: a hot summer day in Cooperstown,…

All the Record Books are Wrong
Editor's note: In the 1982 launch of The National Pastime, reissued…

How Fast Was Cool Papa Bell?
Just how fast was Cool Papa Bell? Well, listen to the master…

Books Before Baseball: A Personal History
The image of American higher education reflected by college athletics…

Runs and Wins
This article was selected for inclusion in SABR 50 at 50: The…

Ballparks: A Quiz
1. Who were the two Cincinnati pitchers who took a rowboat across…

The Writer’s Game: The Field Of Play
FOR ALMOST A CENTURY baseball has engaged layers of the imagination…

From a Researcher’s Notebook: Baltimore, the Eastern Shore, And More (1982)
Baltimore’s Worst Starts In Years Ending in “2”It was probably…

Double Joe Dwyer: A Life In the Bushes
When Joe Dwyer was a kid in high school, his teammates on the…

Ladies and Gentlemen, Presenting Marty McHale
This article was selected for inclusion in SABR 50 at 50: The…

A Tale of Two Sluggers: Roger Maris and Hack Wilson
If you were asked what Hack Wilson and Roger Maris had…

Dandy at Third: Ray Dandridge
Squat, bow-legged Ray Dandridge was a "vacuum cleaner" at third…

Baseball’s Misbegottens: Expansion Era Managers
In the 1970s, the very time when players and umpires gained wealth…

The Merkle Blunder: A Kaleidoscopic View
On September 23, 1908, as I wrote in The Unforgettable…

19th-Century Baseball Deserves Equal Time
On April 22, 1980, Chicago Cub shortstop Ivan DeJesus became…

Nate Colbert’s Unknown RBI Record
Nate Colbert set a single-season RBI record in 1972; hardly anyone…

Remembrance of Summers Past
In my years as a traveling baseball writer, namely 1946 through…

Give the Yankee Pitchers Credit
Many baseball historians credit the New York Yankees with being…

World Series Rarities: The Three-Game Winners
During the 1981 World Series, pitcher George Frazier of the Yankees…