Alex Johnson and Tony Conigliaro: The California Angels’ Star-Crossed Teammates
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Erasing Moments and Memories: Iconic Games Reconsidered with the Automatic Runner
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The 1945 Pennant Races
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Henry Chadwick and the National League’s Performance vs. ‘Outsiders’: 1876-81
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The History of the Manchester Yankees
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Balancing Starter and Bullpen Workloads in a Seven-Game Postseason Series
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Baseball’s 4-Dimensional Players
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The Empire of Freeport: Base Ball in Northern Illinois and Iowa in 1865
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Did Bud Fowler Almost Break the Major-League Color Line In 1888?
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Exit Stage Left: The Sad Farewell of Cap Anson
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The 1906 World Series: The First World Series With Umpire Hand Signals
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The Chicago Green Sox
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The White Stockings’ Fleet-Footed Preacher: Billy Sunday vs. the Alcohol Machine
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Guilty as Charged: Buck Weaver and the 1919 World Series Fix
In mid-March 1921—amid delay in the criminal…
The Endurance of Black Sox Mythology: Narrative Conventions and Poetic Form
Historians and scholars of the Big Fix and the Black Sox…
Which Manager Knew First That the 1919 World Series Was Fixed?
Several players on the 1919 Chicago White Sox agreed…
Major League Baseball in Iowa: Iowa’s History of Hosting Negro League Contests
The Washington Post described the so-called significance…