Brown Edges Waddell in Centennial Sweepstakes

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Baseball Is The National Game in Japan

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Baseball’s Great Games

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Baseball and the Dictionary of American Biography

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1951 Giant-Dodger Playoff Game Tops in SABR Poll

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A Woman Official Scorer

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A Short Cup of Coffee

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Abner Doubleday Would Have Been Proud

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A Major League Game in Grand Rapids?

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Walks Not Always Crucial

Nolan Ryan led the majors in giving up bases on balls in 1974…

Thevenow Dimmed Ruth Splurge

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The Youngest “Boy Manager”

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The State Survey of Players

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The Grand Slam Story

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The Double Whammy

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The Short Career of Lou Lewis

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The Daily Dahlen of 1894

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The Babe Ruth Beginning

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Pitchers Hitting Grand Slams

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Nick Cullop, Minor League Great

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The 1919 White Sox Depicted

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Spottswood Poles

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Rudy York, the Big Gun of August

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