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Editor’s note: Fall 2015 Baseball Research Journal
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Examining Stolen Base Trends by Decade from the Deadball Era through the 1970s
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“That Record Will Never Be Broken!”: How Many Unbreakable Records Are There?
Baseball aficionados often argue that certain records will never…
Switch-Hit Home Runs 1920-60
Mickey Mantle was turned into a switch hitter when he was “barely…
How Did That Guy Do That?
Don Fisher was working for the electric company and pitching…
Editor’s note: Baseball in Southern California
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Editor’s note: Baseball in the Peach State
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Introduction: Mustaches and Mayhem: Charlie O’s Three-Time Champions: 1972-74 Oakland Athletics
In 1976, Reggie Jackson, then arguably baseball’s biggest superstar,…
Foreword: Mustaches and Mayhem: Charlie O’s Three-Time Champions: 1972-74 Oakland Athletics
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The Black Sox Scandal
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Oakland Athletics: Westward-Ho, In Stages
Rock and roll is the métier of choice at the Oakland-Alameda…
Building a Champion: Charlie Finley and the Core of the Oakland A’s Championship Teams
“Equal parts carnival barker, professional bully, world-class…
Strike One: 1972 Spring Training
The Oakland A’s were the pride of the American League West…
1972 A’s: A World Champion Worth the Wait
For those of you keeping score, the Oakland Athletics’ 1972-74…
Life in the Good Old A’s, or Growing Up Finley
Nancy Finley grew up in the Oakland Coliseum, occupying a seat…
1972 Oakland A’s: Junkyard Dogs
In his autobiography, Reggie Jackson said that the championship…
‘The Bikers Against the Boy Scouts’: 1972 World Series and the Emergence of Facial Hair in Baseball
The date was October 14, 1972.
Families across North America…
Postcard: Mesa, Arizona, March 1973
While the New York Yankees had a wife swap between pitchers Fritz…
1973 World Series: Two for the Money
In 1973 the movie The Way We Were earned awards, swelled receipts,…
Dark Spring: 1974 Auto Pilot Model
The 1972-73 A’s were the first team not named the New York…
1974 World Series: ‘The Twilight of the Gods’
Richard Nixon may have been the greatest baseball student to…