
The Making of Legends
Before King George took over the Bronx,
Before the Dodgers…

New York’s First Base Ball Club
While the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club was the most enduringly…

Captain John Wildey, Tammany Hall, and the Rise of Professional Baseball
“On Monday morning, before accepting of any civilities at the…

The Starring Tours of 1875: The “Amateurs” Tours, Tournaments and Regional Rivalries
The 1860 Excelsior Club. Star pitcher James Creighton is third…

Women’s Baseball in Nineteenth-Century New York and the Man Who Set Back Women’s Professional Baseball for Decades
New Yorkers love baseball. Their passion for the national…

The First and Last Games at the Polo Groundses
Examining the life span of a baseball stadium by profiling its…

The Asylum Base Ball Club: The Great Reunion Game, September 29, 1905
The center of the baseball world had been New York City, but…

‘A Foremost Part in the Work of Relieving Distress’: When the Giants and Yankees Offered a Lifeline to the Titanic’s Survivors
Like 9/11, the sinking of the Titanic clings to American…

Wilbert Robinson and the 1920 Brooklyn Robins
The Brooklyn Robins reached the World Series for the third…

Graham McNamee: Broadcast Pioneer
The excitement was electric, as crowds filled Yankee Stadium…

The Day Babe Ruth Came to Sing Sing
On September 5, 1929, Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees played…

Roosevelt Stadium: The Forgotten Ballpark
Bordering Hoboken — which dubs itself the “birthplace of…

From Mexico to Quebec: Baseball’s Forgotten Giants
1946
In 1946, 22 major leaguers — 11 of whom were under contract…

Bats, Balls, Boys, Dreams and Unforgettable Experiences: Youth All-Star Games in New York, 1944–65
The summer of 1947 was like few others before it in the annals…

The Remaking of Casey Stengel
Until the Dodgers and Giants come to their senses and return…

Brooklyn, The Dodgers … and The Movies
As major league ballyards across America were celebrating the…

Remembering Earl—Not George—Toolson: The Plaintiff Who Took the New York Yankees to the US Supreme Court
On November 9, 1953, the United States Supreme Court issued a…

The Dodgers–Giants Rivalry During ‘The Era’: The Dark-Robinson Incident
Roger Kahn coined the phrase “The Era” to represent New York…

Joan Whitney Payson: A Pioneer for the New York Mets
In late May 1957, the National League owners voted unanimously…

The Turbulent ’70s: Steinbrenner, the Stadium, and the 1970s Scene
Any way you look at it, the 1970s was a decade of upheaval and…

A Hall of Fame Cup of Coffee in New York
I was inspired to write this article by Jonah Gardner’s Sports-Reference.com…

Los Cubanos in New York’s October
Playing in the postseason is high stress and tension-packed,…
