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…

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…

Land of New Beginnings

  When I was a boy, 16 years old, And the majors had…
More than a century after it happened, Paul Hines' unassisted triple play on May 8, 1878 remains one of the most controversial fielding plays in baseball history. (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

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 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…
Fernando Valenzuela (SABR-Rucker Archive)

Hype and Hope: The Effect of Rookies and Top Prospects on MLB Attendance

In the Spring 2014 edition of the Baseball Research Journal,…

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…
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