Block: A peek into the Pocket-Book
From SABR member John Thorn at Our Game on April 19, 2016, with mention of SABR member David Block:
I have just returned from SABR’s annual Nineteenth Century Baseball Conference in Cooperstown. There a handful of old hands swap stories, in some measure for the benefit of relative newcomers who will extend our studies further. Besides an unparalleled parade of erudition, the meetings are characterized by presentations and panels and convivial times at various groaning boards and pubs. David Block is an old friend whom I am always eager to see again. His interests and exploits in the prehistory of the game are unmatched, most notably in the 2004 book Baseball Before We Knew It (Nebraska, 2005); see: http://goo.gl/ECciIw. Recent inquiries to my social media feeds about what might be the earliest mentions of baseball in print recalled to mind this outstanding essay he wrote for the journal Base Ball in 2008. It is reprinted with the gracious permission of the publisher, McFarland & Company.
Read the full article here: http://ourgame.mlblogs.com/2016/04/19/a-peek-into-the-pocket-book-2/
Originally published: April 19, 2016. Last Updated: April 19, 2016.