
The Red Clay of Waycross: Minor-League Spring Training in Georgia with the Milwaukee Braves
Other than being eaten alive and shot at, Waycross was great.…

Who Wore Uniform Number 16 for the Tigers—Before Prince Hal?
Since January 2001, I’ve been engaged in a baseball-research…

The Next Frontier—China
OPENING DAY
Vendors sold peanuts, popcorn, and hot dogs, but…

Beyond Bunning and Short Rest: An Analysis of Managerial Decisions That Led to the Phillies’ Epic Collapse of 1964
Nearly all accounts of the 1964 Philadelphia Phillies’ epic…

Home Run Derby Curse: Fact or Fiction?
A variety of sources have indicated the existence of a Home Run…

The Many Flavors of DIPS: A History and an Overview
How much control, if any, does a pitcher have over whether a…

Does a Pitcher’s Height Matter?
In 1993 the Los Angeles Dodgers traded a setup man for a very…

Great Streaks: A Response to Trent McCotter
In an article in the 2008 issue of The Baseball Research Journal,…

Hitting Streaks: A Reply to Jim Albert
Do hitting streaks occur more frequently than they would if hitting…

Is There Racial Bias Among Umpires?
Is there widespread racial bias among umpires? In August 2007,…

“No, I’m a Spectator Like You”: Umpiring in the Negro American League
Bob Motley umpired in the Negro American League from 1947 through…

The Day the Phillies Went to Egypt
In the spring of 1947, a seventeen-year-old southpaw named Curt…

Review: Baseball Memoirs
The Game from Where I Stand: A Ballplayer’s Inside View
by…

Milo’s Memories: When the Braves Came to Atlanta
COLLABORATOR’S NOTE: Between his big-league broadcasting debut…

The Franchise Transfer That Fostered a Broadcasting Revolution
When the Milwaukee Braves’ baseball franchise was transferred…

Marvelous Murphy: Too Good to Ignore
The yardstick for enshrinement in Cooperstown is generally determined…

The Card in the Baseball Cap: “Braves Win! Braves Win! Braves Win! Braves Win! Braves Win!”
All baseball fans can attest to the truism that baseball is a…

Working to Play, Playing to Work: The Northwest Georgia Textile League
Floyd County, Georgia, in the northwest corner of the state,…

The Atlanta Black Crackers
Atlanta’s baseball history is dominated by names such as Hank…

That Was Quick!
The average time required to play a major-league baseball game…

The Empire State League: South Georgia Baseball in 1913
They played six days a week, May through August, under the punishing…

The 1954 Dixie Series
On September 21, 1954, the Atlanta Crackers, champions of the…

The Georgia Peach: Stumped by the Storyteller
This article was selected for inclusion in SABR 50 at 50: The…

The Law Firm and the League: Morgan, Lewis and Bockius LLP, Major League Baseball, and MLB.com
This is (roughly) the tenth anniversary of the transfer of a…