‘Scully’s Shrine’: A Broadcaster and His Ballpark
Vin Scully served as Dodgers broadcaster from 1950 through…
Dodger Stadium: 21st Century Renovations
The foul poles at Dodger Stadium were in foul territory, there…
Dodger Stadium: Exactly 56,000 Seats?
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Dodgers Win World Series in 2020 COVID Season
Social distancing restrictions were still in place for COVID-19…
Concerts at Dodger Stadium
Baseball parks contain an aura and grandiosity that seem ripe…
A City Lies In Ruins, But The Game Must Go On: Major League Teams Respond to the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
This article was published in the SABR Deadball Era Committee’s…
Rickwood Field Adds to Its Legacy as the Major Leagues Return to Alabama
The oldest professional baseball park in the United States—Rickwood…
Jimmie Foxx: Baseball’s ‘Forgotten’ Super Slugger
Long before Aaron Judge broke the single-season American…
Mary Dobkin: Baltimore’s Grande Dame of Baseball
Mary Dobkin at age 77, while speaking to the press about…
Major and Minor League Occupancy at Cleveland’s League Park, 1914–15
League Park as seen from the air. Note the large bleacher…
The Ill-Fated Dodgers and Indians World Baseball Tour of 1952
Abe Saperstein created the Harlem Globetrotters and is widely…
‘Death to Flying Things’: The Life and Times of a Spurious Nickname
“Death to Flying Things” is one of the all-time great baseball…
Shining Light on the Smiling Stan Hack Mirror: A Bill Veeck Gamesmanship Ploy—Was It Real or Mythical?
Stan Hack, who spent his entire big-league career (1932 –47)…
Teenage Umpires of the Nineteenth Century
Baseball tradition before the Civil War favored the selection…
The International Association of 1877–80
Organized professional baseball began in the 1870s with three…
The Union Association War of 1884
The Union Association of 1884 can seem puzzling. It is classified…
An Infield Hit Model From the 2023 MLB Season: ‘Hit ‘Em Where They Ain’t’
INTRODUCTION
Major league baseball teams routinely use analytics…
Plummeting Batting Averages Are Due to Far More Than Infield Shifting, Part One: Fielding and Batting Strategy
In 2022, the Lords of Baseball decreed that the full infield…
Going Beyond the Baseball Adage ‘One Game at a Time’: A Geek’s Peek at Streaks
Professional baseball players and coaches shrug off questions…
Jews and Baseball
Editor's Note: On this page, Parts One and Two, which were published…
Henry Chadwick Award: Larry Gerlach
Growing up in Lincoln, Nebraska, LARRY GERLACH remembers watching…
Henry Chadwick Award: Leslie Heaphy
Around 1988, University of Toledo graduate student LESLIE A.…
Henry Chadwick Award: Sarah Langs
It was the night of November 2, 2016. In the city of Chicago…
Editor’s Note: Spring 2024 Baseball Research Journal
We live in the best of times and the worst of times for…