Lou Gorman: ‘You Don’t Win Without Good Scouts’: A GM’s Look At Scouting

As a baseball executive, Lou Gorman worked for more than a third…

Ben Jedlovec: An Intern’s Perspective on the Amateur Baseball Draft

As a baseball operations intern for the Houston Astros during…

Fernando Perez: Waiting For the Call

Speedy switch-hitting outfielder Fernando Perez of Columbia University…

Johnny Pesky, On Signing with the Red Sox

Stripped to the waist, Johnny was working as groundskeeper one…

Dave Baldwin: A Player’s View of Scouts in The 1950s

My first contacts with baseball scouts occurred in 1955 during…
Scoring for Perceptual Tests.

Talent Selection in Youth Baseball: Factors that Predict End-of-Season Success

INTRODUCTION One of the most appealing reasons for talent research…
Correlation between 50-player dataset #1.

More Highly Connected Baseball Players Have Better Offensive Performance

INTRODUCTION Social network analysis (SNA) is the mathematical…

Sol White

Racial discrimination did not miraculously disappear in 1863…

Deacon Jones: The 26th Man on The Team

"My real name is Grover Williams Jones, Junior,” Deacon Jones…
brought her reporter’s notebook and cartoonist’s sketch pad to Yankee Stadium in 1940. Shown here interviewing Yankee teammates Joe Gordon (left), Lefty Gomez, and Joe DiMaggio (far right).

Jeane Hoffman: California Girl Makes Good in Press Box

The experiences of 17-year-old Jeane Hoffman as she worked…

Winter Baseball in California: Separate Opportunities, Equal Talent

Mislabeling all winter baseball played in California as “California…
gives Johnny Rizzo (right), a promising Pittsburgh outfielder purchased from Columbus, a few pointers during an exhibition game.

The Bucs in San Berdoo

Although the arrival of Major League Baseball in Southern California…
Winning pitcher of the 1947 PCL playoff game autographs the cast of injured boxer Eddie Malone.

A Game I’ll Never Forget: Los Angeles Defeats San Francisco in 1947 Playoff Game

The cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles have always been…
(right), wearing the Hollywood Stars' new shorts and lightweight rayon jerseys, visits with Branch Rickey in 1950 at Gilmore Field.

Rounding Third and Heading for Home: Fred Haney, L.A.’s Mister Baseball

Fred Girard Haney touched all the bases in a 65-year baseball…
The trigger for the biggest brawl in PCL history. Hollywood Stars outfielder Ted Beard slides spikes-high into Los Angeles Angels third baseman Murray Franklin, August 2, 1953.

When the Angels and Stars Ruled Los Angeles

Long before the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles and the Angels sprang…
A 150-foot office tower housed 13-foot clocks on its four sides that could be seen from all parts of the city, making the ballpark the iconic symbol of baseball in Los Angeles for more than 35 years.

Los Angeles’ Wrigley Field: “The Finest Edifice in the United States”

The history of Wrigley Field is intermingled with that of the…
Pacific Coast League game, circa 1910.

The Pacific Coast League Ballparks of Los Angeles

History of the eight Pacific Coast League Ballparks in the Los…

Dodgers Assistant General Manager Kim Ng Ready to Make the Jump to Top Job

Los Angeles Dodgers Assistant General Manager Kim Ng never thought…
(Left to right) Bobby Miske, Dick Teed, Buzz Bowers, Steve Lembo, Gil Bassetti and Bill Fesh.

Eyeball to Eyeball, Bellybutton to Bellybutton: Inside The Dodger Way of Scouting

A look at the Dodger way of scouting, tracing its roots back…
A magnet for drawing Latino, especially Mexican-American, fans to Dodger Stadium.

Fernandomania

Jaime Jarrin, the Dodgers Hall of Fame Spanish-language broadcaster,…
Vin Scully (SABR-Rucker Archive)

Vin Scully: Greatest Southpaw in Dodgers History

Chances are if one were to poll SABR members about the greatest…

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