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An Examination of MLB Play Call Challenges

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File and Trial: Examining Valuation and Hearings in MLB Arbitration

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World Series Game Situation Winning Probabilities: An Update

This is a brief update to the article, “World Series Game Situation…

Playing With The Boys: Gender, Race, and Baseball in Post-War America

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Barney Dreyfuss Buys Pittsburgh

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Download the e-book version of Spring 2019 Baseball Research Journal

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Editor’s note: Spring 2019 Baseball Research Journal

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Appendix 1: Ty Cobb’s Hit Totals and Lifetime Batting Average

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Introduction: The Team That Couldn’t Hit: 1972 Texas Rangers

Just how bad were the early Texas Rangers teams? Put it…

Prologue: The Washington Senators: 1961-71

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Major League Baseball Comes to Arlington

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Players who Homered at Arlington Stadium as Both Minor and Major Leaguers

In 1965, in an effort to attract a big-league team, Arlington,…

Dallas-Fort Worth Baseball Media in 1972

The media market in North Texas was changing in 1972, just as…

Minor-League Baseball in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area

Minor-league baseball in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is virtually…

Embracing the Future: The Transactions of the 1972 Texas Rangers

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The Rangers’ First Two Dozen Years: Bad Management, Worse Baseball

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Babe – A Baseball Nickname

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