Leon Allen Goslin: The Wild Goose of the Potomac

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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

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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

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A Response By Norman Macht

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Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, circa 1915 (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

Can You Read, Judge Landis?

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The Rise and Fall of Greenlee Field

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The Quest for Dick McBride

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Harry Frazee (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

History versus Harry Frazee: Re-revising the Story

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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…
Lee Meadows (TRADING CARD DB)

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

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Roland Hemond: If You Can’t Take Part in a Sport, Be One Anyway, Will You?

Roland Hemond has made lasting and unprecedented contributions…

Educated Yelling: The Portrait of a Heckler

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Before achieving fame as a leading literary voice of the Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac aspired to be a sportswriter and already as a teenager had created a highly detailed imagi- nary baseball universe. (COURTESY OF THE ALLEN GINSBERG ESTATE)

Jack Kerouac: The Beat of Fantasy Baseball

Before achieving fame as a leading literary voice of the Beat…

Mapping the Fog: A Response to “Clutch Hitting and the Cramer Test”

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Clutch Hitting and the Cramer Test

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