
Hothead: How the Oscar Charleston Myth Began
Oscar Charleston is shown here in the uniform of the Santa…

‘Little League Home Runs’ in MLB History: The Denouement
An examination of one of baseball's most entertaining and memorable…

Marvin Miller and the Birth of the MLBPA
Journalist Studs Terkel called Marvin Miller “the most effective…

The 'Strike' Against Jackie Robinson: Truth or Myth?
The story of the St. Louis Cardinals' quashed strike in 1947…

More Than Ballplayers: Baseball Players and Pursuit of the American Dream in the 1880s
This essay is intended as an exploratory survey of baseball players…

A Pitching Conundrum: Tim Keefe and Old Hoss Radbourne
The 1950 rule defining pitching wins has been used as the criterion…

The Effect of Stride Length on Pitched Ball Velocity
One philosophy of pitching holds that pushing off the rubber…

Calculating Skill and Luck in Major League Baseball
One of the author's favorite topics is the contributions of skill…

The Chances of a Drafted Baseball Player Making the Major Leagues: A Quantitative Study
In June of each year, Major League Baseball conducts its amateur…

Doubleheaders with More Than Two Teams
A modern fan goes to the ballpark to see two teams battle each…

The Many Faces of Happy Felton
Happy Felton, an all-around entertainer of a long-gone era, won…

With a Deliberate Attempt to Deceive: Correcting a Quotation Misattributed to Charles Eliot, President of Harvard
Tracing the origin of a Harvard University president's famous…

The Path to the Sugar Mill or the Path to Millions: MLB Baseball Academies’ Effect on the Dominican Republic
For many Dominican children, a future in the sugar cane fields,…
