Roberto Clemente Postage Stamps Across the World

Collage of Clemente Stamp Materials by Juan López-Bonilla.…

The Clementes and the Kantrowitzes

Top row L to R: Orlando Zabala (Vera Clemente’s brother),…

The Clemente Museum

“My mother and father never taught me to hate anyone, or…

Murder, Espionage, and Baseball: The 1934 All-American Tour of Japan

The 1934 All-Americans outside Nagoya Castle (Yoko Suzuki…

The 1935 Wheaties All-Americans: A Boxful of Global Ambition

1935 Wheaties All-Americans. (Rob Fitts Collection)   “Last…

Joe DiMaggio’s Last Hurrah: The 1951 Lefty O’Doul All-Star Tour

From left to right: Takehiko Bessho, Eddie Lopat, Joe DiMaggio,…

The Cold War, a Red Scare, and the New York Giants’ Historic Tour of Japan in 1953

Freddie Fitzsimmons of the New York Giants gives a pitching…

The 1953 Eddie Lopat All-Stars’ Tour of Japan

1953 Eddie Lopat All-Stars (Rob Fitts Collection)   Eddie…

Pitching Against Alzheimer’s: A Study of Baseball Reminiscence Programs

  There is not a person alive in the industrialized world…

Emeritus Members of the Career .300 Hitters Club (1920–2022)

The objective of the research described in this article is to…

The ‘First Ever All-Star Game’ in 1910

In 2018, a country auction in Maine handling the estate of major…

The Klein Chocolate Company Baseball Team’s Remarkable 1919 Season

  Chocolatier William Klein Sr. of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania,…

The Mystery of the Disappearing Three-Bagger

[I]n my book the most exciting play in baseball is a three-bagger.…

Were Pitchers More Likely to Throw at Black Batters? 1947–66

A generally accepted narrative of the early days of baseball…

Good Optics: The 1955 Yankees Tour of Japan

The Yankees arrive in Japan on October 20, 1955. (Rob Fitts…

Art, Science, and the COVID-Shortened 2020 Season

Data visualization is an art. Alli Torban, a Washington, DC-based…

A Probabilistic Investigation of the Major League Baseball Modified Extra Innings Rule

Major League Baseball (MLB) has seen the length of games increase…

Six-Man Baseball

On the eve of the 1943 season, Boston Red Sox manager Joe Cronin…

The Impact of the One-Off 1887 Four-Strike Strikeout

In 1887, for the only time in major league history, a strikeout…

Crossroads: The 1958 St. Louis Cardinals Tour of Japan

November 26, 1958 cover of Shukan Baseball depicting Stan…