Dr. Bobby Brown (Courtesy of the Texas Rangers)

Hitting Hard to All Fields: The Life of Bobby Brown

As a New York Yankee in the late-Joe DiMaggio, early-Mickey Mantle…

J. Alvin Gardner: Authority Symbol of the Texas League

Courtly, fastidious, wealthy, resolute, distinctive, dignified,…

George White: Texas League Media Voice

In the glory days of the Texas League, George W. White was one…

Paul LaGrave: Architect of a Fort Worth Baseball Dynasty

Paul LaGrave in a short span of 12 years became the architect…

The Start of the Texas League

Editor's note: This article was told to William B. Ruggles, June…

J. Walter Morris: Mr. Baseball of the Southwest

There was a bit of fluster about him, just enough to endear him…

College Baseball: A Lone Star Tradition

Collegiate baseball in Texas has one of the most illustrious…

Flem Hall: Favorites from Fort Worth

With the perspective of one who might have seen it all, the late…

Texas Baseball Personalities

The following sung and unsung heroes have added to the legend…

Baseball Road Mapper: Jimmy Adair

Lon Goldstein, who performed for some of baseball's top managers…

Bobby Goff: Baseball Pioneer

Bobby Goff was a hardy pioneer during the developing years of…

George Schepps Remembers Art Fletcher and Others

George Schepps, 95, witness to nearly a century of the game that…
Rube Foster (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Andrew (Rube) Foster: Gem of a Man

Editor's note: This article is updated from the original, published…

Locating Philadelphia’s Historic Ballfields

This article was originally published in SABR's The National…
A History of San Diego Baseball (SABR 23, 1993)

San Diego: A Rich Baseball Tradition

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt of an article that appeared…
A History of San Diego Baseball (SABR 23, 1993)

Down Memory Lane With San Diego’s Vintage PCL Padres

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt of an article that appeared…
A History of San Diego Baseball (SABR 23, 1993)

Padres PCL Baseball History

This is an excerpt of an article that appeared in the April 1983…
A History of San Diego Baseball (SABR 23, 1993)

History Of San Diego Ballparks

Editor's Note: This is an article that appeared in the August…
A History of San Diego Baseball (SABR 23, 1993)

Ted Williams: Even Better Than The Record Shows!

Editor's note: This is an article that appeared in the September…
A History of San Diego Baseball (SABR 23, 1993)

Ted Williams Field

Editor's Note: This is an article that appeared earlier in "The…
A History of San Diego Baseball (SABR 23, 1993)

1981 Non-Expos Ended Up As Padres’ Future

The National League's two 1969 expansion teams, the San Diego…
A History of San Diego Baseball (SABR 23, 1993)

Remembering the 1984 Padres

The baseball world was stunned by the sudden burst of the Detroit…
St. Louis's Favorite Sport (SABR 22, 1992)

Gene Karst: The Cardinals’ First Publicity Man

This article was originally published in “St. Louis’s Favorite…
St. Louis's Favorite Sport (SABR 22, 1992)

George Washington Bradley: St. Louis Hero / St. Louis Villain

This article was originally published in “St. Louis’s Favorite…
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