
The Struggle to Define ‘Valuable’: Tradition vs. Sabermetrics in the 2012 AL MVP Race
This article was selected for inclusion in SABR 50 at 50: The…

The Complete Collegiate Baseball Record of George H.W. Bush
Baseball has been an important and enduring component in the…

‘Just Bounce Right Back Up and Dust Yourself Off’: Participation Motivations, Resilience, and Perceived Organizational Support Among Amateur Baseball Umpires
It is commonly thought that the stressful nature of sporting…

A Comprehensive Analysis of Team Streakiness in Major League Baseball: 1962-2016
A baseball team would be considered “streaky” if its record…

Quasi-Cycles — Better than Cycles?
One of baseball’s most highly regarded accomplishments by an…

Jim Piersall’s Tumultuous 1952 Season
Jimmy Piersall’s death on June 3, 2017, provided an occasion…

Analysis of Andrés Galarraga’s Home Run of May 31, 1997
In this article the home run hit by Andrés Galarraga at the…

“But I’m All Alone, and This May be Sort of Fun”: The Ageless Cy Young on the Mound in 1934-35
Cy Young, baseball’s all-time winningest pitcher with 511…

Baseball Swing Stride and Head Movement Relationships
Some have suggested that a baseball batter must keep their head…

Baseball Before a Captive Audience: The Minnesota State Prison’s Sisal Sox, 1914-72
Prison games are easily overlooked by historians because few…

Gladys Goodding, Ebbets Field Organ Queen
Gladys Goodding was more than just an artiste whose musical…

Broadcasting Red Sox Baseball: How the Arrival of Radio Impacted the Team and the Fans
In the early years of the American League, Boston fans had…

Fanatic Fatality: One of the Most Violent Baseball Arguments In History
The underlying aggressiveness in rivalries between baseball teams…

Champions, Tantrums and Bad Umps: The 1885 “World Series”
For more than a century the World Series has been an integral…

From Recorder to Judge: The Evolution of the Scorer in the Nineteenth Century
The role of official scorers has evolved in many forms over the…