
Players Being ‘Clutch’ When Targeting 20 Wins
In a blog post of March 23, 2008 (“Do Players Turn ‘Clutch’…

Catcher ERA — Once More with Feeling: It’s Tough to Be a Rookie
Do catchers in general do a better job of handling the pitching…

The Little Corporation: Professional Baseball in San Francisco, 1953–1955
Of the many minor leagues that existed in professional baseball…

Who Invented Runs Produced?
Referral to the glossary of statistical terms in the first edition…

Who Has the Major-League Record for the Longest Consecutive-Games Run-Produced (CGRP) Streak?
In order for a baseball team to achieve its ultimate objective…

Leon Allen Goslin: The Wild Goose of the Potomac
The only player to appear in every inning of all nineteen World…

Baseball Braggin’ Rights: The Five-State Series, 1922–1927
Fans come from miles around—families in wheezing Model Ts,…

James Vincent Jamison Jr.: Blue Ridge League President, 1916–18, 1920–30
Much more than a booster of baseball locally, V. Jamison Jr.,…

The All-Time Team of Bob Davids Chapter Natives
The geography that includes the District of Columbia, Virginia,…

The Class D Blue Ridge League: 1918, the Lost Season
The Great War in Europe had finally reached the shores of the…

BOOKS: In the Best Interests of Baseball? The Revolutionary Reign of Bud Selig
In the Best Interests of Baseball? The Revolutionary Reign of…

BOOKS: Robinson, Race, and Brooklyn
Barack Obama's election last fall to the presidency of the United…

A Response By Norman Macht
Editor's note: This article is in response to "The Gentlemen’s…

Can You Read, Judge Landis?
Editor's note: This article originally appeared in Black Ball:…

The Rise and Fall of Greenlee Field
Editor's note: This article originally appeared in Black Ball:…

The Quest for Dick McBride
This article was originally published in SABR's Nineteenth Century…

History versus Harry Frazee: Re-revising the Story
This article was selected for inclusion in SABR 50 at 50: The…

A Man of Many Faucets, All Running at Once: Books by and about Branch Rickey
Lee Lowenfish. Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman.…

Beating the Klan: Baseball Coverage in Wichita Before Integration, 1920–1930
Baseball fans planning to attend the game at Island Park in Wichita,…

George H. Lawson: The Rogue Who Tried to Reform Baseball
George H. Lawson (1864–1927), promoter of various baseball…

Major-League Players Who Wore Glasses
You can’t hit it if you can’t see it. Success in baseball…

George Sisler: A Close Look at Vision Problems that Derailed Him
There is no question that, when a hitter takes stock of his prize…

National Cartwright Day and the First Televised Major-League Game
On Saturday, August 26, 1939, the Brooklyn Dodgers and Cincinnati…

Roland Hemond: If You Can’t Take Part in a Sport, Be One Anyway, Will You?
Roland Hemond has made lasting and unprecedented contributions…