
Tigers and Crescents and Clowns, Oh My! Negro League Baseball at Crosley Field
“My favorite experience of ’em all – and I’ve seen baseball…

Evolving Home Run Distances at Crosley Field
On the eve of the opening game of the 1919 season in Cincinnati,…

Crosley Field: The Left Field Terrace
Babe Ruth famously stumbled on it. Outfielders regularly cursed…

Crosley Field: Goat Run
In 1946, Warren Giles, then the president of the Reds, added…

Johnny Edwards: Memories of Crosley Field
Johnny Edwards debuted with the Reds in late June 1961 and took…

Art Shamsky: My Reflections on Crosley Field
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds at the age of 17 in 1959, Art Shamsky…

Tales from Interviewing the Whiz Kids
When I approached Robin Roberts in 1992 about writing a book…

Andy Skinner: Jim Konstanty’s Undertaker Pitching Coach
It is highly unlikely that the Philadelphia Phillies would have…

The Andy Seminick Fan Club
By 1950, Andy Seminick, at the ripe old age of 29 sometimes known…

Mrs. Ashburn’s Rooming House
Harry Walker was the Phillies’ starting center-fielder heading…

Bobby Brown: A View from the Other Side of the 1950 World Series
The 1950 season was a momentous for me because I finished my…

Whiz Kid Fan for Life
It started with a radio broadcast and a baseball glove.
In late…

1918 Red Sox: The Years That Followed
After 1918, the Red Sox began to slip — and stumbled…

Editor’s note: 2018 The National Pastime
A note from the editor of The National Pastime.SABRen, welcome…

Honus Wagner: Baseball’s Prototypical Five-Tooler?
The highly regarded “five-tool” label is a relatively modern…

Roy Face’s Incredible 1959 Season
In 1959, ace Pittsburgh Pirates fireman Roy Face set a major-league…

Moses Yellow Horse, Pittsburgh Pirate
Moses Yellow Horse was 23 years old when he made his major…

Wagner for Sheriff: Honus Runs into the Coolidge Tax Cut
Pittsburgh Pirate Honus Wagner is the greatest shortstop of…

Honus Wagner’s Short Stint as Pirates Skipper in a Forgettable Final Season
Honus Wagner, or Hans as he was almost universally called, was…

Honus Wagner, Spring Fever, and Two Three Stooges
Note: The following is excerpted from "Lost (and Found) Baseball,"…

Forbes Field: Ahead of Its Time in 1909
Forbes Field on Opening Day in 1909. (COURTESY OF THE PITTSBURGH…

Turning the Pirates’ Ship
In 1950 the Pittsburgh Pirates resembled too well
The woeful…

From Bat to Baton: Josh Gibson, the Pittsburgh Opera, and The Summer King
Josh Gibson was the best player never to play in the major leagues.…

Why Isn’t Sam Bankhead in the Baseball Hall of Fame?
In 1971, Satchel Paige became the first Negro Leagues player…