Identifying Mystery Photos

One day in the late summer of 1947, my mom and I were listening…

Protest Upheld, Computer Software Confounded

It is well known that a manager may formally protest a game only…

I Don’t Care If I Ever Get Back: Marathons Lasting 20 or More Innings

Baseball is thankfully free of artificial boundaries of time…

A Chronology of the Best Leadoff Home Run Hitters

Undoubtedly, the best beginning (from the batting team’s perspective)…

The Black Press and the Collapse of the Negro League in 1930

This article was originally published in SABR's The National…

Big Problems and Simple Answers: An Explanation of the Negro Leagues

I think that no players in the majors today could conceive of…

Philadelphia Baseball’s Unappreciated Founders: Al Reach and Ben Shibe

Two of America's most important sports figures were dissimilar…

Ducky and The Lip in Italy

At the end of the 1940 baseball season, all of the baseball men…

Is There a Home Field Advantage in the World Series?

This year, for the first time in the history of Major League…

Ted Williams in 1941

Baseball's last .400 hitter was probably the sport's best pure…

The Statistical Impact of World War II on Position Players

In December 1941, the outbreak of the Second World War elicited…

George Sisler and the End of the National Commission

What was George Sisler thinking when he signed a contract to…

Rogers Hornsby in 1932

Rogers Hornsby's will to excellence and his combativeness on…

The 100th Anniversary of ‘Dummy vs. Dummy’

On May 16, 1902, an unprecedented and unparalleled event occurred…

The Boston Pilgrims Never Existed

In reading accounts of the 1903 World Series, I so often came…

Joe Borden: The First No-Hit Pitcher and National League Winner

Ask nearly any baseball fan to identify Joe Borden, and the response…

The Nashville Seraphs, 1895

Like most Southern cities, baseball was introduced to Nashville,…

The Robinsons in Montreal

"We didn't feel like we belong with them." — Lucille and Edgar…

The Sporting News During World War II

"No nation that has had as intimate contact with baseball as…

Let’s Play Three!

Late in the summer of 1914, Doc Reisling, the ballplaying dentist…

George Brace: Baseball’s Foremost Photographer

George Brace officially retired from his vocation as a baseball…

Cyril “Cy” Buker: Coaching in Wisconsin and Pitching for the Dodgers in the 1940s

In 1941, the year the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and propelled…

The Legend of Wild Bill Setley

Throughout baseball's long history, colorful and eccentric characters…

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