Educated Yelling: The Portrait of a Heckler

Creative heckling is one of the more interesting features of…
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”

1. My Model In issue number 33 of The Baseball Research Journal,…

Clutch Hitting and the Cramer Test

Bill James recently asserted that Dick Cramer’s famous 1977…

Response to “Mapping the Fog”

In a famous clutch-hitting study in 1977, Dick Cramer took 122…

Clutch Hitting Revisited

Do clutch hitters exist? More precisely, are there any batters…

A Pitcher Shows His Age: The Case Study of Ace Winger

Ace Winger broke into the big leagues at the tender age of 21…
William Hoy (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

The Deaf and the Origin of Hand Signals in Baseball

Dummy Hoy taught his teammates sign language, which they began…

Henry Chadwick: The ‘Father of Baseball’ was a Sportswriter

In the fall of 1856, a New York Times cricket journalist spotted…

The Longest Streaks of Consecutive Games in Which a Detroit Tiger Has Scored a Run

In another article, I describe my findings on the accuracy…

Where Have You Gone, Carl Yastrzemski? A Statistical Analysis of the Triple Crown

All I want out of life is that when I walk down the street folks…

The OBP Triple Crown

It’s an article of faith these days that batting average is…

A Farewell to Arms: The Major Leagues in 1968 and the Transition to a New Modern Era

By any measure 1968 was a year of upheaval. Assassinations, riots,…

Bullpen Cy Young Awards: When and Why Do Relievers Win It?

Major League Baseball marked the fiftieth anniversary of the…

Analyzing Grand Old Images: A Close Look at Two Photos from the Deadball Era

Joe Wallace’s Grand Old Game: 365 Days of Baseball is a cleverly…

The 1924 Junior World Series: The St. Paul Saints’ Magnificent Comeback

By 1920 the idea of matching two high-minor-league teams in a…

Anson in Greasepaint: The Vaudeville Career of Adrian C. Anson

Overture Adrian C. Anson’s professional baseball career came…

Farmer Hal from Yoncalla: Hal Turpin of the Pacific Coast League

In 1994, Dave Eskenazi traveled to Yoncalla, Oregon, to visit…

Burleigh Grimes and the 1912 Eau Claire Commissioners

Ask any resident of Eau Claire if any Hall of Fame baseball players…

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