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…

Pitchers Giving Up Home Runs

Records of home runs hit by batters have been a part of baseball…

Scoring Every Inning

The structure of baseball provides rare performances that can…

Some Call Him ‘Tarzan’

"It was my first spring training ever, at Jackson, Tennessee,…

The 1922 Pittsburgh Powerhouse

The year 1922 was a truly exciting one for baseball. The revolutionary…

The Blacklisting of Baseball’s Ray Fisher

To all but a handful of the several hundred spectators attending…

The Building of Chicago’s Wrigley Field

The 1981 baseball season marked the 66th straight year that the…

The 1892 Split Season

The 1981 split season, which resulted from a player strike lasting…

The “Missing” Tiger of 1902

For the past 78 years, Thomas Chalmers Fisher has been erroneously…

The Sacrifice Fly

The sacrifice fly was a part of major league baseball, off and…

The Sunday Saga of Ted Lyons

For 21 years Theodore Amar Lyons pitched for the Chicago White…

The Probability of the League Leader Batting .400

In 1980 George Brett, while ultimately falling short, came close…

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