Boston’s First Nine: The 1871-75 Boston Red Stockings, edited by Bob LeMoine and Bill Nowlin

Boston Red Stockings: The 1874 Season

For the Boston Red Stockings, the 1874 campaign bore a…
Boston’s First Nine: The 1871-75 Boston Red Stockings, edited by Bob LeMoine and Bill Nowlin

Boston Red Stockings: The 1875 Season

“In no other major league campaign did a team’s superiority…
Boston’s First Nine: The 1871-75 Boston Red Stockings, edited by Bob LeMoine and Bill Nowlin

Boston Club Finances in the Early Professional Era

The finances of the Boston Club in the 1870s are uniquely…
Boston’s First Nine: The 1871-75 Boston Red Stockings, edited by Bob LeMoine and Bill Nowlin

Fast Day: Boston’s Original Opening Day

The New York Times heralded the approaching start of the…
Boston’s First Nine: The 1871-75 Boston Red Stockings, edited by Bob LeMoine and Bill Nowlin

Hub Kids Bid Fans Anew: The Red Stockings in Canada, 1872-1874

“The Boston Club were immediately surrounded by an admiring…
Boston’s First Nine: The 1871-75 Boston Red Stockings, edited by Bob LeMoine and Bill Nowlin

Zane Grey and the Mystery of ‘The Winning Ball’

Before finding enormous success as an author of Western…
Boston’s First Nine: The 1871-75 Boston Red Stockings, edited by Bob LeMoine and Bill Nowlin

The 1874 Boston Red Stockings World Tour

Harry Wright planned on returning one day to his native…
Boston’s First Nine: The 1871-75 Boston Red Stockings, edited by Bob LeMoine and Bill Nowlin

‘And God bless us every one!’ Baseball on Christmas Day, 1873

The day, though rather cloudy, was not chilly, and not…
Boston’s First Nine: The 1871-75 Boston Red Stockings, edited by Bob LeMoine and Bill Nowlin

Off the Beaten Path: Boston Red Stockings Exhibition Travels, 1871-1875

“The Boston nine are just scooping things their own way,…
Boston’s First Nine: The 1871-75 Boston Red Stockings, edited by Bob LeMoine and Bill Nowlin

Boston Red Stockings: ‘Home Games’ Played in Other Cities

The home grounds for the Boston Red Stockings were the…
Boston’s First Nine: The 1871-75 Boston Red Stockings, edited by Bob LeMoine and Bill Nowlin

Dick McBride and George Zettlein: Thorns in the Red Stockings’ Side

Little Bobby Mathews (all of 5-feet-5½ inches) twirled…

Following the Boston Red Stockings in the Early 1870s

Being a member of Red Sox nation in our modern era is easy:…
Boston’s First Nine: The 1871-75 Boston Red Stockings, edited by Bob LeMoine and Bill Nowlin

1874 Boston Herald coverage of the Red Stockings tour

This material was gathered and re-typed from the original newspaper…

1958 Winter Meetings: The Last Word in Utter Futility

Organized Baseball’s 1958 Winter Meetings were held in Washington…

1959 Winter Meetings: Winds of Change

As the 1959 Winter Meetings approached, both the nation and baseball…

1960 Winter Meetings: The Missouri Compromise

On November 8, 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected president, ushering…

1961 Winter Meetings: The Mets, the Colt .45s, and Debating the Return of the Spitball

In the winter of 1961, baseball fans were gearing up for an expansion…

1962 Winter Meetings: Addition by Subtraction

Rochester, New York, played host to the 1962 baseball winter…

1963 Winter Meetings: No Little League Bats Allowed

The 1963 baseball winter meetings were alive with discussion…

1964 Winter Meetings: Commissioner’s Powers, Free-Agent Draft & All-Star Voting

Major-league baseball’s 1964 Winter Meetings were conducted…

1965 Winter Meetings: Exit the Sportswriter and Enter the General

The 1965 Winter Meetings took place in Florida, with meeting…

1966 Winter Meetings: Tomorrow Never Knows

On August 29, 1966, the Beatles played what would be their final…

1967 Winter Meetings: Expansion, Inevitably

The 1967-68 offseason was launched in October when Kansas City…

1968 Winter Meetings: Down Goes Eckert

Background Baseball was going through a time of transition as…

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