Baseball and Tammany Hall
Baseball and politics are two impassioned national pastimes.…
Beer Tanks and Barbed Wire: Bill Barnie and Baltimore
Billie Barnie was 30 years old when he took the helm of the Baltimore…
May The Best Man Win: The Black Ball Championships 1866–1923
In 1892, Frank Grant played for the Gorhams and then the Cuban…
20-Game Loser: Profiles of the 20-Loss Seasons
It has become almost as rare as the major-league Triple Crown,…
Yankees Catchers During the Miller Huggins Era
Until the emergence of Hall of Famer Bill Dickey, Miller Huggins…
Felipe Alou
When Felipe Alou arrived in the United States in the spring of…
Society and Baseball Face Rising Income Inequality
Data clearly show that the United States has been experiencing…
Truth in the Minor League Class Structure: The Case for the Reclassification of the Minors
The current minor league class structure was established with…
“Recorded Games of Frustration”: Win Expectancy and the Boston Red Sox
Leight Montville once wrote that the Red Sox were never closer…
Revisiting Nolan Ryan in 1973: The Quest for 400 Strikeouts
The mission of the California Angels in 1973 was to find a way…
Double X and His Lost Dingers
In the baseball season of 1932, Jimmie Foxx—known then and…
Managing the 1947 Dodgers: The “People’s Choice”
Was Burt Shotton the best person to manage the Brooklyn Dodgers…
Origin of the Modern Pitching Win
Ray Scarborough holds the first modern assigned win in baseball…
Batting Out-of-Turn Results in Great Confusion
The batting out-of-turn (BOOT) rule has been a continuing source…
Two Home Runs That Never Were
Four well-known and widely respected baseball reference books…
The Accurate RBI Record of Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth was one of the most iconic players in baseball, and…