
Que Viva Clemente! Roberto Lives On in the Hearts of Latino Major Leaguers
(Courtesy of The Clemente Museum.)
Long after most…

Norman Macht: Roberto Clemente Remembered
In the 1950s and ‘60s, most of what baseball fans…

The Roberto Clemente Award
(Photograph by Duane Rieder.)
It was fitting that…

Roberto Clemente, Humanitarian
“Any time you have an opportunity to make a difference in…

Saint Roberto Clemente?
A stained-glass window depicting Roberto Clemente in front…

Remembrance and Iconography of Roberto Clemente in Public Spaces
Courtesy of The Clemente Museum.
Stories…

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…

Herb Hunter’s Dream Tour: A Rabbit, Two Leftys, and an Iron Horse Visit a Dangerous Japan in 1931
1931 All-Americans in front of the Oriental Hotel in Kobe…

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…

The Greatest Piece of Diplomacy Ever: The 1949 Tour of Lefty O’Doul and the San Francisco Seals
San Francisco Seals 1949 Tour of Japan Program with Lefty…

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,…

Greenberg Gardens Revisited: A Story about Forbes Field, Hank Greenberg, and Ralph Kiner
In 1947, the Pittsburgh Pirates installed an inner fence in…

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…