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…
Steve Stone (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Steve Stone’s Cy Young Season

The 1978 Baltimore Orioles already had a stable full of thoroughbreds…
Billy Martin (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Billy Martin and the Baltimore Brawls

The Yankees headed to Baltimore for a three-game series beginning…

Lou Gehrig and Cal Ripken Jr.: Two Quiet Heroes

As I write this, I am aware that I might be the only person…
David W. Smith, circa 2018

Retrosheet Begins in Baltimore

We baseball fans want the truth. Some of us want to know how…

Itchy Xu: From Chi­nese Sports Trailblazer to Baltimore Orioles Prospect

A group of boys hung over their dorm’s balcony railing, hardly…

When Sam Malone Faced Boog Powell

Baltimoreans strolling on Eutaw Street outside Oriole Park before…

Promising Flight of Baby Birds

Other than finishing a season in first place, Nothing is more…
2020 The National Pastime: A Bird's Eye View of Baltimore

Editor’s Note: The National Pastime 2020

Welcome, friends, to our “virtual visit” to Charm City. A…

Download the e-book edition of The National Pastime 2020

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Appendix 1: Howie Fox: Baltimore’s Unique Oriole

This is the online appendix for Herm Krabbenhoft's "Howie Fox:…

Before We Forget: The Birth, Life, and Death of The Sporting News Research Center

This article was honored as a 2021 McFarland-SABR Baseball Research…
Charlie Culver, right, is honored as manager of the 1950 Montreal junior champions.

24 Years Before Jackie Robinson, Charlie Culver Broke Barriers in Montreal

In 1946, all eyes were on the Montreal Royals and Jackie Robinson…

A Global Fiasco: Walter Dilbeck’s Third Major League

Shifty. That’s a good word for Walter Dilbeck, the huckster…
Tom Loftus

Tom Loftus: The American League’s Forgotten Founding Father

In 1877, an auburn-haired 20-year-old from St. Louis, Missouri,…
Reggie Jackson (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

The 1967 Dixie Series

From 1920 to 1958, baseball fans across the Deep South and Southwest…

Considerable Excitement and Heavy Betting: Origins of Base Ball in the Dakota Territory

When the Yankton Treaty was signed in 1858, the United States…
Lester Pearson

First Base Among Equals: Prime Ministers and Canada’s National Game

It could be argued that the most famous sentence ever written…
Lester Pearson

Lester B. Pearson: Canada’s Ballplayer Prime Minister

The first real job I had after university was working in politics…

Dennis Eckersley: The Last Thousand-Hundred Man

Introduction If you pick the baseball milestone carefully enough,…

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