The Positive Grip Baseball Bat

The Louisville Slugger bat is advertised as "the bat of champions…

La Tropical Park, Then and Now

In February 2001, more than a dozen members of the Society for…

Do Batters Learn During a Game?

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Why is the Shortstop ‘6’?

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Which Great Teams Were Just Lucky?

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Dominionball: Baseball Above the 49th (SABR 35, 2005)

Integration in Quebec: More than Jackie Robinson

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Dominionball: Baseball Above the 49th (SABR 35, 2005)

Canadian-Born Major Leaguers

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The Best and Worst Batteries: Comparing ERAs 1960-2004

Sometimes a pitcher and a catcher (battery) come together as…

The Hawaiian All-Stars and the Harlem Globetrotters: A 1948 Barnstorming Tour

In 1946, the West Coast Negro Baseball League was organized…

Do Some Batters Reach on Errors More Than Others?

On one level, the answer to this question seems obvious: since…

Consider Your Sources: Baseball and Baked Beans in Boston

Tim Wiles, director of research at the National Baseball Hall…

Deconstructing the Midas Touch: Gold Glove Award Voting, 1965-2004

Gold Glove Awards, first presented in 1957, are given annu­ally…

1,000 Extra-Base Hits: A Mark of Greatness?

Many things contribute to playing winning baseball, but…

World Series Winners and Losers: What’s the Difference?

When the Boston Red Sox recorded the final out against the St.…

Teams With Three 20-Game Winners

In the baseball season just concluded, Dontrelle Willis of…

The Best Postseason Ever: Wild Bill Serena’s 1947 Batting Feats

You can whiffle all you want about Reggie Jackson's 18 post-season…

A Small, Yet Momentous Gesture

Bruce Markusen's Baseball's Last Dynasty: Charlie Finley's Oakland…

Unsolved Photo Mysteries

My Mom started me on my never-ending search for the per­fect…

The Honor Rolls of Baseball

Who deserves to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and…

Cumulative Home Run Frequency and the Recent Home Run Explosion

British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once remarked…

In Search of Clutch Hitting

Clutch hitting is back in fashion in the baseball research…

Are Traded Players ‘Lemons’?

In 2001, economist George Akerlof won a Nobel Prize for Economics…

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