Category Archive: Articles.2010-TNP

The Georgia Peach: Stumped by the Storyteller

This article was selected for inclusion in SABR 50 at 50: The…

Shootout at Hardscrabble Church

The affair of honor that began on Saturday, October 20, 1883,…
Legendary announcer got his start in the radio booth of Atlanta's Ponce de Leon Park.

Memories of a Minor-League Traveler

Once upon a time in a faraway place—a place so far away no…
An example of the pictures that caused controversy in Atlanta and elsewhere.

Risqué Business

For about two weeks in July 1886, crowds gathered around a window…

Three Georgia-Born Former Dodgers Lead the Crackers to a Pennant

A 1950 preseason poll of Southern Association sportswriters picked…
showed some acting talent, but one movie was enough to convince him that his future was on the diamond.

Ty Cobb, Actor

During the first years of the twentieth century many of the most…
Ty Cobb’s former batboy, left, with author Mil Fisher.

Ty Cobb as Seen through the Eyes of a Batboy

COLLABORATOR’S NOTE: My friendship with James Fargo (Jimmy)…

Milo’s Memories: When the Braves Came to Atlanta

COLLABORATOR’S NOTE: Between his big-league broadcasting debut…
Cable-TV mogul

The Franchise Transfer That Fostered a Broadcasting Revolution

When the Milwaukee Braves’ baseball franchise was transferred…
His number hangs on the façade at Turner Field. Should it hang in Cooperstown?

Marvelous Murphy: Too Good to Ignore

The yardstick for enshrinement in Cooperstown is generally determined…
Was 12 when he became the youngest pro player in 1952.

Joe Reliford: The Inning of a Lifetime

One inning of Class D ball made Joe Louis Reliford a baseball…
Led the New York Giants to three pennants and one World Series title in ten years as manager.

Memphis Bill in Newnan

As the last National League player to bat .400 in a season, Bill…

All-Time Georgia-Born All-Star Team

In anticipation of hosting SABR 40, the Magnolia Chapter has…
Members of the Boston Red Sox mix with locals in Macon during spring training in 1904. Players are, from right to left, unidentified, Lou Criger, two unidentified players, Hobe Ferris, unidentified, Chick Stahl, Jimmy Collins, and Long Tom Hughes. Candy LaChance (with mustache) is at the top of the photo. (BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, PRINT DEPARTMENT, MCGREEVEY COLLECTION)

Spring Training in Georgia: The Yannigans Are Coming!

From the beginning of professional baseball in the nineteenth…

Braves Alphabet

A is for AARON—“Hammerin’ Hank” and Tommie, too— and…

The All-Time Atlanta Braves All-Star Team

In addition to an All-Time Georgia-born All-Star team, the Magnolia…

Remembering Skip

"Skip and Pete" — Caray and Van Wieren — broadcast Atlanta…

Ms. Eliza Gets a Seat

It wasn't April Fools Day, but it was a Friday the 13th; maybe…
Coach Frank Anderson always wore his uniform to practice and to games. He held practices after classes (after labs for science students) and devoted more than half of his drills to hitting, where he said most baseball players need it most.

Frank Anderson: The Dean of Southern College Baseball Coaches, 1916–1944

[He] could watch a player plow a field and tell whether there…
Slick-fielding first baseman

Red Moore: He Could Pick It!

Whenever a Negro Leagues veteran is asked about James “Red”…

Help in High Places

On May 3, 1897, the ministers of Atlanta announced their determination…

Who’s Going to Pitch?

While controversies related to baseball in the nineteenth century…

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