spent several decades in baseball, forever clinging to his dream of a professional summer league in Latin America.

When a Dream Plays Reality in Baseball: Roberto Maduro and the Inter-American League

Independent minor leagues returned to the baseball landscape…
Left to right: Chris Guccione, Brian O’Nora, Phil Cuzzi, and Jerry Crawford

Observations of Umpires at Work

PREFACE By Tom Larwin This article is a summary of observations…

Modeling Perfect Games and No-Hitters in Baseball

Through Major League Baseball’s first 134 years, 1876–2009,…

Now I Can Die In Peace

You the living, you’re stuck here with the Cubs, So it’s…

Why A Curse Need Not Be Invoked To Explain The Cubs’ Woes

The most striking facet of the Chicago Cubs’ long-term underachievement…

29 Years and Counting: A Visit With Longtime Cubs Scout Billy Blitzer

The 2011 season marks Billy Blitzer’s 29th consecutive year…

Growing Up With The 1950s Cubs

For a youngster passionately devoted to baseball and living on…

The Chicago Cubs and ‘The Headshrinker’: An Early Foray into Sports Psychology

The 1937 season had been frustrating for the Chicago Cubs. After…
Fans depart Wrigley Field via the diamond. Note the temporary bleachers set up beyond the left field wall on Waveland Avenue as well as the “jury box” section in left-center field.

Wrigley Field: A Century of Survival

Fans depart Wrigley Field via the diamond. Note the temporary…

Weathering Spring Training: The Chicago Federals in Shreveport, Louisiana, 1914

INTRODUCTION Someone should have told Charles H. Weeghman to…
The defensive heart of the 1906–10 Cubs.

The 1906-10 Chicago Cubs: The Best Team in National League History

Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chance — the defensive…

Chicago’s Role in Early Professional Baseball

Chicago’s first professional baseball club was founded following…

The Cubs Fan Paradox: Why Would Anyone Root For Losers?

Cubs fans raise a fundamental question about the nature of games…
Remembered more for his performance on the playing field than for his results as a manager. But in 1920–21 his personnel moves, tactics, and leadership generated outstanding results for the Cleveland Indians.

Manager Speaker

Tris Speaker is remembered more for his performance on the…
shown with Jersey City officials, announced that, in 1956 through 1958, the Dodgers would play seven games each season in Jersey City and would have the option to continue the agreement for three years beyond that.

The Brooklyn Dodgers in Jersey City

Walter O'Malley, center, shown with Jersey City officials,…
When confronted by a player or manager, he would offer to settle the matter with his fists, challenging the offender in his rich Irish accent. They called him “Sir Timothy” for his bearing and “Terrible Tim” for his temper.

The Green and the Blue: The Irish American Umpire, 1880–1965

When confronted by a player or manager, Tim Hurst would offer…

The Next Frontier—China

OPENING DAY Vendors sold peanuts, popcorn, and hot dogs, but…
Crackers first baseman, whose mother, sister, and brother Joe traveled from New York to Atlanta to watch his team in a crucial game against the rival Birmingham Barons on July 8, 1954.

It’s Not Fiction: The Race to Host the 1954 Southern Association All-Star Game

Frank Torre, Crackers first baseman whose mother, sister, and…
Dodger Stadium has been home to the Los Angeles Dodgers since 1962 (Courtesy of the Los Angeles Dodgers)

Field of Liens: Real-Property Development in Baseball

Dodger Stadium has been home to the Los Angeles Dodgers since…
In 1957, Rawlings established the award for the player who would be voted the best fielder at his position.

Measuring Defense: Entering the Zones of Fielding Statistics

  Doug Glanville in his new baseball memoir notes that…

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