
The Rise of Baseball in Minnesota
Excerpts from Cecil O. Monroe's "The Rise of Baseball," detailing…

Introduction: Baseball in the North Star State
Summers in Minnesota are short but wonderfully pleasant. During…

Forward: Baseball in the North Star State
I have been kidded that by plugging away for so long before finally…

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The Bible and the Apocrypha
There can be little doubt that compared to pitching and hitting,…

Pitchers Dig the Long Ball (At Least When They Are Hitting)
There have been many pitchers who also excelled with the bat,…

Hank Greenberg’s American League RBI Record
Hall of Fame slugger Hank Greenberg wrote, “My goal in baseball…

Breaking Balls with a Runner on Third: A Game Theoretical Analysis of Optimal Behavior
With a runner on third base, the pitcher faces a dilemma. Throwing…

Are Baseball Players Superior to Umpires in Discriminating Balls to Strikes?
Missed, bad or wrong calls are part of nearly every game and…

Johnny Vander Meer’s Third No-Hitter
The night of July 15, 1952, looked unpromising for baseball…

“Sparky”
The passion of a baseball player at Dorsey High School in Los…

Pop Kelchner, Gentleman Jake, The Giant-Killer, and the Kane Mountaineers
Part I: The Great Glass Era
In the damp and chilly spring of…

American Women Play Hardball in Venezuela: Team USA battles invisibility at home, is celebrated abroad, and faces gunfire at the Women’s World Cup
Of the major American sports, baseball is the only one that continues…

Appendix 1: Tigers games for which the exact details for the runs scored and runs batted in are not yet complete
Appendix 1 in Herm Krabbenhoft's research on Hank Greenberg.
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Appendix 2: Supporting Documentation for the Corrections of the RBI Errors in Hank Greenberg’s Official DBD Record
Appendix 2 in Herm Krabbenhoft's research on Hank Greenberg.
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Appendix 3: Retrosheet box scores for Tigers-Athletics games on 20 June 1937
Appendix 3 in Herm Krabbenhoft's research on Hank Greenberg.
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Appendix 4: RBIs given in newspaper box scores for games played between the Tigers and Athletics in Philadelphia during the 1937 season
Appendix 4 in Herm Krabbenhoft's research on Hank Greenberg.
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Global World Series: 1955-57
Milwaukee County Stadium was in its third season as home of…

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Baseball
This article will trace the interest of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle…

Appendix 5: Analysis of newspaper box scores for the second game of the double header between the Tigers and Athletics on June 20, 1937
Appendix 5 in Herm Krabbenhoft's research on Hank Greenberg.
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Appendix 6: Retrosheet Box score for Tigers-Athletics Second Game on 20 June 1937
Appendix 6 in Herm Krabbenhoft's research on Hank Greenberg.
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Whatever Happened to the Triple Crown?
Editor's note: This is an excerpt from the following book.
The…

Babe Ruth and Eiji Sawamura
This article was selected for inclusion in SABR 50 at 50: The…

Expos Get First Franchise No-Hitter Right Out of the Gate
The San Diego Padres have been around since 1969 and are awaiting…