
El Presidente: The Life and Times of Dennis Martinez
After being traded to Montreal, Dennis Martinez pitched…

Field of Schemes: The Spring Training Tryout of NFL Star ‘Jerry LeVias’
In 1513, explorer Juan Ponce de Leon arrived in Florida, according…

Spring Training, Safe at Home!, and Baseball-on-Screen in Florida
After their on-field exploits of 1961, Mickey Mantle and Roger…

Woody Smith: The Original Mr. Marlin
When you ask a Miami Marlins fan today, “Who is Mr. Marlin?”…

Satchel Paige: Twilight with the Marlins
Satchel Paige, shown here in Miami uniform, was brought to…

The Short but Exciting Life of the Havana Sugar Kings
The Havana Sugar Kings played in the International League between…

The Long Forgotten Florida International League
Connie Marrero (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)
The…

Blurring the Color Line: How Cuban Baseball Players Led to the Racial Integration of Major League Baseball
Rafael Almeida and Armando Marsans, who played for the Cincinnati…

NAPBL Gathering in Miami Gave Birth to the Caribbean Series
The 46th National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues…

Black Baseball’s “Funmakers”: Taking the Miami Ethiopian Clowns Seriously
This undated publicity photo (circa 1944–49) of the Clowns…

Spring Training in St. Petersburg: Its Beginnings and the Phillies’ Experience in 1915
Sitting in the bleachers at Coffee Pot Park during a break…

Land of New Beginnings
When I was a boy, 16 years old,
And the majors had…

Analyzing Coverage of the Hines Triple Play
In 1878 a triple play by Providence’s Paul Hines didn’t…

Revisiting the Hines Triple Play
On May 8, 1878, the National League club of Providence hosted…

The Roster Depreciation Allowance: How Major League Baseball Teams Turn Profits Into Losses
This article was selected for inclusion in SABR 50 at 50: The…

The Origins and History of the Larry Ritter Book Award
Editor's note: This article originally appeared in the SABR Deadball…

Golden Pitches: The Ultimate Last-at-Bat, Game Seven Scenario
This article was selected as a finalist for a 2017 SABR Analytics…

Hype and Hope: The Effect of Rookies and Top Prospects on MLB Attendance
In the Spring 2014 edition of the Baseball Research Journal,…

Negro League Baseball, Black Community, and The Socio-Economic Impact of Integration
This essay will explore the subject of racial and economic…

‘Playing Rotten, It Ain’t That Hard To Do’: How the Black Sox Threw the 1920 Pennant
Entering the 1920 season, the defending American League champion…

No ‘Solid Front of Silence’: The Forgotten Black Sox Scandal Interviews
When legendary sportswriter Furman Bisher died in 2012, his…

Flashback Gordon: Cryptic Communication within a Base-Running Relay-Throw Event
Alex Gordon was held at third instead of sent home with the…

The Browns’ Spring Training 1946
Vern Stephens was recruited to play in Mexico instead of for…

The Planting of Le Grand Orange
No one knew it at the time, but the January 22, 1969, trade…