
1884: Old Hoss Radbourne and the Providence Grays
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1930: The Year of the Hitter
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Where the Twain Shall Meet: Baseball in America and Japan
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Let’s Go Back to Eight-Team Leagues
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The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant
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Dick Allen’s 1972: A Year to Remember
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Anatomy of a Murder: The Federal League and the Courts
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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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For The Hall of Fame: Twelve Good Men
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Van Lingle Mungo: An Elegiac Ode
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Frank Selee, Dynasty Builder
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No Knuckles About It
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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…

Team 9 Games Behind as Good as Champion? Maybe; Figuring Probability Fluctuations in Baseball
All of us are familiar with stories such as the following appearing…

Comparisons: Is N.L. Really Better? Study Raises Doubts
In addition to the traditional fireworks displays on Independence…

Dramatic 1964 Nosedive in Retrospect: Explosive Weekend by Joe Torre Destroyed Pennant-Bound Phillies
A number of apparently pennant-bound teams have collapsed in…

Winter Leagues: Dominican Real Fan and Talent Hotbed
Tony Pena sat alone on the top of the dugout steps, his legs…

Luke Easter’s Charisma, Remarkable Slugging Captivated Fans, Saved Buffalo Franchise in Mid-1950s
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A.G. Spalding: A Flamboyant Entrepreneur, Empire Builder
Speaking before a banquet of baseball aficionados in Philadelphia…

Bluegrass Baseball: Barnstorming Band and Ball Club, Bill Monroe, Other Musicians Sponsored Teams in 1930-40s
Baseball and bluegrass music are both about as American as you…