
Walking It Off—Marlins Postseason Walk-Offs
Edgar Renteria started the Marlins’ walkoff “tradition”…

Take Me Out to the Courtroom: A Look at Baseball Cases in the Florida Courts
Baseball, more than any other sport, has had a central role in…

Download the 2016 TNP e-book
Read the 2016 TNP on your computer or e-reader in PDF, EPUB,…

The Best Baseball Story Ever?: Cecil “Stud” Cantrell, the Tampico Stogies, and Long Gone
Packaging from the video release of Long Gone.
Had…

Miami Amigos
The cover illustration to the Amigos program shows the distinctively…

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…

Introduction: From the Braves to the Brewers: Milwaukee’s County Stadium
Milwaukee did not yet have a big-league baseball team when construction…

Milwaukee’s County Stadium: A Controversial Construction
Milwaukee County Stadium truly was a ballpark built with the…

Milwaukee County Stadium and its Historic Role in Postwar Ballpark Construction
Milwaukee County Stadium’s construction was something that…

Heading South: The Braves Leave Milwaukee for Atlanta
On the evening of September 22, 1965, more than 12,000 fans at…

The Tale of Two Baseball Cities: When the Chicago White Sox Played in Milwaukee
On September 22, 1965, the Milwaukee “miracle” ended the…

The Pilots Fly in from Seattle and Start to Brew in Milwaukee
Early in 1953, Milwaukee baseball fans were ecstatic. That March…

The Demolition of Milwaukee County Stadium
The final chapter for Milwaukee County Stadium took place on…
