
Stan Musial, John F. Kennedy, and the President’s Council on Physical Fitness
Stan Musial visits the JFK White House in 1962, along with…

Stan Musial: A St. Louis Baseball Icon
Stan Musial held several business interests, including a…

Baseball, the Pope and Politics: Stan Musial and Poland
In 1987, Stan Musial traveled to Poland. He is shown here…

Stan Musial Breathes Joy into a Somber Night in 1993
On a bitterly cold winter’s night, almost 30 years after…

Stan Musial: When Heroes Become Friends
Back in 1985, while I was living on a 5,000-acre cattle ranch…

Documenting the Forgotten Champions: The Making of 1945 Cleveland Buckeyes Film Documentary
At the SABR Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference on August…

1945 Cleveland Buckeyes Season Timeline
As 1945 dawned, World War II was winding down toward its conclusion…

The 1945 Cleveland Buckeyes and the African American Community
As World War II came to a conclusion, the African American community…

The Cleveland Buckeyes and the Wider Orbit of Organized Baseball
The Cleveland Buckeyes had their share of decent, even very…

Introduction: From Setbacks to Success: The 1945 Cleveland Buckeyes
From Setbacks to Success: The 1945 Cleveland Buckeyes is the…

Editor’s Note: The National Pastime 2025
When I was asked to edit this book to accompany SABR's 53rd…

Deadball Era Major League Baseball Comes to Waxahachie, Texas
From left, Harry Heilmann (HOF), George Burns (1926 AL MVP),…

Spring Training Ballparks at Marlin, Texas: Early Twentieth Century Major League Baseball in a Central Texas Town
The Arlington Hotel, a spring training hotspot for two decades.…

The 1919 Texas Negro Baseball League Championship: Dallas Black Giants vs. San Antonio Black Aces
Gardner Park, Dallas Texas (Dallas Morning News)
The…

Nokona Baseball Gloves: America’s Pastime, American Made
“Everybody thinks it’s just whatever glove you have on your…

From Athens, Texas, to the Cincinnati Reds: The Saga of Pete Donohue
A top Texas high school, semipro, and college pitcher, Pete…

Semipro and Collegiate Baseball in Enid, Oklahoma
Luis Olmo played for Guayama against Enid in 1940. By 1943,…

The 1943 Camp Hood Baseball Season
Fort Hood's Student Regiment Team, from the September 23, 1943…

Baseball in the Middle of Nowhere: The Unique Story of Herbert Kokernot and the Alpine Cowboys
Sponsor Herbert L. Kokernot Jr. and manager Tom Chandler view…

Four Hundred Hitters, Home Run Barrages, and Jim Crow: The Post-War Bush Leagues in Texas, 1946-61
The East All-Stars for the 1953 Longhorn League All-Star game…

When the Babe Came to Dallas, 1947
Babe Ruth is handed a 10-gallon Stetson hat by Dallas Mayor…

Bobby Layne, 28-0: Hall of Fame Caliber Pitcher for the Texas Longhorns
Bobby Layne is the only Longhorns pitcher to throw two nine-inning…

Integration Comes to the Texas League: 1952-58
Willard Brown debuted with the Kansas City Monarchs at age…

The ‘Savior’ Does Not Answer Letters: Dave Hoskins and the Uneven, Unheralded, and Unfinished Integration of the Texas League
“I received three letters that morning, one at a time. First…
