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The Impact of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Collective Bargaining Agreements

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How Bases on Balls were Scored: 1864–1888

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Origin of the Phrase ‘Hitting for the Cycle’ and An Approach to How Cycles Occur

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1933-1962: The Business Meetings of Negro League Baseball

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Editor’s note: Spring 2018 Baseball Research Journal

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Tom Shieber (1964 – ) was still a boy in St. Louis when he…

Henry Chadwick Award: Bob McConnell

Bob McConnell (1925–2012) was an original SABR member from…

Henry Chadwick Award: Jefferson Burdick

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Appendix 1: MLB cycles through 2017

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Erve Beck: The Prince of Forgotten Firsts

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Big League Cheating

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Introduction: Time for Expansion Baseball

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Foreword: Time for Expansion Baseball

JULY 2, 2018 — While I was somewhat oblivious to it at…
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Which of the 14 Expansion Franchises Yielded the Most Successful Draft?

Pat Gillick once observed that it should take 10 years for…

How The Devil Rays Came to Tampa Bay

“If there’s a greater day in the history of Tampa Bay, I…
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Making the Valley Major League: An Ownership History of the Arizona Diamondbacks

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The Making of the Marlins

Joe Robbie Stadium on Opening Day, April 5, 1993. (Courtesy…
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Colorado Rockies: The Time Zone With A Team

The National League Expansion Committee visited Denver…
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The Birth of the Toronto Blue Jays

Opening Day in Toronto, April 7, 1977, as a snowstorm…