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…

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,…

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…

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…
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