Home Runs and Strikeouts: Another Look

Introduction The 2017 MLB season set records for both home runs…

Why Has No True DH Been Elected to the Hall of Fame — Yet?

The Designated Hitter has been the way of life in the American…

Talking baseball research with Herm Krabbenhoft

This article was originally published in the November 2018 edition…

Introduction: Cincinnati’s Crosley Field: A Gem in the Queen City

April 11, 1912, marked a new era in the history of the Cincinnati…

Introduction: The Whiz Kids Take the Pennant

No one would seriously argue that the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies…

1919 White Sox: Introduction

On the western edge of Canada’s Yukon Territory, at the confluence…

Introduction: When Boston Still Had the Babe: The 1918 World Champion Red Sox

Late into the infamous 86-year championship drought of the Boston…

1919 American League salaries

In Eight Men Out, author Eliot Asinof wrote about the 1919…

1919 White Sox: Walking Off to the World Series

On September 24, 1919, Shoeless Joe Jackson stepped up to the…

1919 World Series: A Recap

A great deal has been written about the faceoff between the Chicago…

1919 White Sox: The Pitching Depth Dilemma

Lefty Williams, left, and Eddie Cicotte carried the load for…

1919 White Sox: Prologue (Offseason, 1918-19)

It’s accepted wisdom today that the Chicago White Sox, in the…

1919 White Sox: Epilogue (Offseason, 1919-20)

One day after the 1919 World Series ended, Chicago White Sox…

Foreword: The Whiz Kids Take the Pennant

I was just 20 years old heading into the 1950 season with the…

Vote Early, Vote Often, Vote Redlegs: Cincinnati Fans Dominate the 1957 All-Star Game Balloting

In the run-up to the 2015 All-Star Game, Kansas City Royals fans…

Crosley Field and the 1937 Flood in the Queen City

In the 1936-37 offseason, The Sporting News carried a series…

1918 World Series: Most Valuable Player

If an official MVP had been chosen for the 1918 World Series,…

1918 World Series: Boston Red Sox vs. Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs won the 1918 National League pennant by 10½…

1918 Red Sox: Spring Training

Frazee kicked off the new year making another move, again with…

1917 Red Sox: ‘An Off-Year’

The Red Sox were coming off back-to-back World Championships…

1918 Red Sox: Winning a Championship

Winning a championship involves a large number of ingredients…

Heinie Wagner: A Speculative History

When Ed Barrow agreed to join the Red Sox organization in 1918,…

Crosley Field: The Laundry

Beyond the outfield walls at Crosley Field, across Western Avenue…

Jim Brosnan’s The Long Season

In Mark Armour’s SABR biography of Jim Brosnan he observes…
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