Competitive Balance in the Free Agent Era: The Dog That Didn’t Bark

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The Art of the Brushback

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SABR's Deadball Stars of the American League, edited by David Jones

Q&A with SABR Deadball Stars book editor David Jones

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Foreword: SABR 50 at 50

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Jerry Sullivan as a teenager (PUBLIC DOMAIN)

Jerry Sullivan: Forty-Six Years Before Eddie Gaedel

Jerry Sullivan as a teenager.   The city of Baltimore…
Schoolboy Babe Ruth (with catcher’s gear) pictured with his team from St. Mary's Industrial School, and three of the Xaver- ian brothers who ran the school (in the gazebo). (PUBLIC DOMAIN)

Babe Ruth’s Half Season with the Baltimore Orioles in 1914

Babe Ruth (with catcher’s gear) pictured with his team from…

Demons, Colts, Giants, and Drybugs: Baseball in the 1916 Class D Potomac League

The Hagerstown Hubs, the 1920 Class D Blue Ridge Champions, featured…
1920 Baltimore Orioles, who won the International League pennant for the second straight season. (BALTIMORE SUN)

Baltimore’s Forgotten Dynasty: The 1919-25 Baltimore Orioles of the International League

1920 Baltimore Orioles, International League champions. (BALTIMORE…
Golf Magazine deemed that Babe Ruth was “once America’s most famous golfer.” Ruth was hitting the links while the Olympic trials were being held in Baltimore. (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Baltimore, Berlin, and the Babe: Baseball and the 1936 Olympic Games

Golf Magazine deemed that Babe Ruth was “once America’s most…
Jim Gilliam with the Baltimore Elite Giants (NOIRTECH / LARRY LESTER)

George Scales and the Making of Junior Gilliam in Baltimore, 1946

The Baltimore Elite Giants. In the front row, Tubby Scales…
2000 AAABA Champion Maryland Orioles with General Manager Walter Youse (center) and Manager Dean Albany (standing far left second row). (GREG PAUL)

Summer College Baseball in Maryland

2000 AAABA Champion Maryland Orioles with General Manager Walter…
Howie Fox (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

Howie Fox: Baltimore’s Unique Oriole

In a stunning development on September 29, 1953, the city of…
1954 Baltimore Orioles Yearbook (BALTIMORE ORIOLES)

Dick Armstrong: Orioles PR Pioneer and His ‘Mr. Oriole’

Major league public relations (PR) practices evolved slowly during…
Tom Gastall (COURTESY OF THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES)

The Final Flight of Tom Gastall

The 1955 crop of baseball “bonus babies” included Massachusetts…
Gus Triandos was the starting catcher in the 1958 All-Star game, one of only two hometown Orioles to make the AL squad. (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

The 1958 Midsummer Classic

Major League Baseball held its 25th annual All-Star Game at Memorial…
Stu Miller (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Stu Miller: The (Almost) Lost Oriole

Although best remembered for a windswept balk during the July…
Dick Hall (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Dick Hall’s Baltimore Legacy

Dick Hall’s trade to the Baltimore Orioles — with Dick Williams…

The 1966 Orioles: More than Frank Robinson

The 1966 season was the culmination of several good seasons for…
Frank Robinson (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Frank Robinson and the Trade that Ignited Two(!) Dynasties

“Bad trades are a part of baseball; I mean who can forget Frank…

The Baltimore Orioles’ 1971 Japan Trip

On January 1, 1971, the chairman of the board of the Baltimore…
Dave McNally (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Dave McNally and Peter Seitz at the Intersection of Baseball Labor History

On September 26, 1962, Dave McNally took the mound for the first…

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