Meet the Mets: From Birth to Rebirth

The New York Mets and Houston Colt 45s were the first new franchises…
When the Monarchs Reigned: Kansas City's 1942 Negro League Champions Edited by Frederick C. Bush and Bill Nowlin

The Kansas City Call and the Kansas City Monarchs

Were it not for the Chicago Defender, New York Amsterdam News,…
When the Monarchs Reigned: Kansas City's 1942 Negro League Champions Edited by Frederick C. Bush and Bill Nowlin

J.L. Wilkinson and the Rebirth of Satchel Paige

By the fall of 1938 Kansas City Monarchs owner J.L. Wilkinson…
When the Monarchs Reigned: Kansas City's 1942 Negro League Champions Edited by Frederick C. Bush and Bill Nowlin

World War II and the Kansas City Monarchs

The year 1941 marked the beginning of an unforgettable period…

The Three Broadcast Amigos: Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy, and Ralph Kiner

Lindsey Nelson and Bob Murphy are together on the wall…

1969 Mets: Ralph Kiner Q&A

  Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn, right, shakes hands…

Introduction: The Future According to Baseball

At the 2003 SABR national convention, SABR launched a survey…

Baseball Uniforms in the Future: What Might They Look Like Two Decades from Now?

The Kansas City Royals had so much fun on Turn Ahead the Clock…

Commissioner Announces New Alignment and Addresses MLB 2041 Season Initiatives

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The Future of Women in Baseball: An interview with Janet Marie Smith and Bianca Smith

When does a moment become a movement? If you’d asked just two…

Signs of the Times

Jerry slings the baseball to me from his crouch, and I can barely…

Transgender Player Signs With Oakland

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Baseball and Some Media Futures

I’m a science fiction writer who, quite literally, grew up…

Democracy at the Ballpark: Looking Towards a Fan-Owned Future

Think about your favorite baseball team. Think about the many…

Under Coogan’s Bluff

New York Giants stalwarts Christy Mathewson and John McGraw.…

How Climate Change Will Affect Baseball

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The ‘Natural’

Here we go. Logan was all nerves, with a touch of relief, as…

Nashville Stars Join Mexico City as 32nd Team in MLB

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The Astrofuturism of Baseball

In one of the 1951 Bowman trading card sets, Jets, Rockets,…

Baseball in 2040: The Digital Viewer

A young boy does “the Wave” as a digital spectator to a…

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and the Bright Future of Baseball

Using machine learning, AlphaGo taught itself the game of Go,…

At the Intersection of Hope and Worry: How Baseball and Society Learn from History

Sixteen months ago, we were stuck in our homes wondering if,…

The Rules They Are A-Changin’

Before we can talk about the future of the rules in baseball,…

London Rounders Accused of Hacking Stadium Robot Umpire

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