
Back to the Farm: In-Season Minor-Major League Exhibition Games
Advertisement for August 19, 1963 exhibition game featuring…

The Saga of Players Who Hit Home Runs in the Same Park as Both Minor and Major Leaguers
Ted Kluszewski measures up Earl Averill Jr., 1961. (SABR-Rucker…

The Boom and Bust of Hope: The Pacific Coast League and What Might Have Been
Joe DiMaggio. (SABR-Rucker Archive)
Perhaps the…

Jackie Robinson and the 1946 International League MVP Award
George Shuba greets Jackie Robinson at home plate on…

Deadly Minor League Bus Trips Hard to Forget
A memorial program was conducted in Spokane in July to…

Pete Hughes: Great Player, Bad Timing
A great quote sums up why most people—even dedicated baseball…

The Long and Short of It: W.C. ‘Bill’ Thomas and Antonio ‘Little Tony’ Freitas
Bill Thomas. (Minor League Stars, SABR, 1978)
This…

Legendary Comedy Duo Abbott and Costello Swings Open 1948 Atlanta Crackers Season
Comics Bud Abbott and Lou Costello perform "Who's On First"…

The Arrival of the Springfield Cubs Signaled the Demise of Newark’s Legendary Bears
Springfield Cubs official scorecard, 1950. (Courtesy Wood…

No Minor Matter: Mid-Century Greatness in the Tar Heel State
Wilmer “Vinegar Bend” Mizell. (SABR-Rucker Archive)
In…

The 1950 Québec Braves
On September 20, 2002, the Los Angeles Dodgers played a doubleheader…

Life in the Bush Leagues of Baseball’s Past
Don Zimmer in Cuba, 1952. (SABR-Rucker Archive)
Cal…

Baseball Immortals Invade the Cotton Bowl for the 1950 Texas League Opener
1950 Cotton Bowl ticket. (Courtesy of C. Paul Rogers III)
The…

Minor League Baseball and Affiliations in Québec: The Solutions or the Causes of All Problems?
The 1949 Drummondville Cubs, Quebec Provincial League champions.…

The Enchanted 1950 Season for the Olean Oilers
Olean, New York, sits in a plateau in the foothills of the…

Norman L. Macht: My Experiences as a General Manager in the 1951 Georgia-Alabama League
I arrived in Atlanta in the spring of 1948 to work as a statistician…

How Citizens Rescued the Welch Miners From Financial Ruin and Brought Baseball to Marion, Virginia
Not fireworks. Not a chance to win a boat. Not even sunny…

The Cuban Connection That Integrated the Louisville Colonels
Pumpsie Green. (SABR-Rucker Archive)
When Elijah…

The 1955 Keokuk Kernels: Three-I League Champions
Jim “Mudcat” Grant. (SABR-Rucker-Archive)
The…

Al Pinkston: Forgotten Color Line Casualty
Al Pinkston. (Courtesy Major League Baseball Players Alumni…

Ron Necciai Strikes Out 27 Batters in a Nine-Inning Game
Ron Necciai. (SABR-Rucker-Archive)
After the 1952…

The 1955 Hamilton Cardinals: Why Did the Pony League Champions Franchise Fold in May 1956?
Ken Boyer. (SABR-Rucker-Archive)
Introduction
The…

Doug Harvey and the Ottawa Senators
Doug Harvey. (Courtesy La Patrie du Dimanche, December…

The Columbus Jets: Takeoff for the Lumber Company
Columbus Jets logo.
The state of Ohio has a rich…
