Category Archive: Other

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How Duke Snider Actually Hurt His Throwing Arm

From Rich Lederer at BaseballAnalysts.com on March 4:Duke's death…

Peter Gammons on a Hall of Fame Tennis Match

From Peter Gammons at the Baseball Hall of Fame's website on…

Where Are They Now? Baseball Pioneer Ila Borders

From Dan Zeiger of the East Valley (Ariz.) Tribune on March 3:Ila…

Hank Aaron Recalls “Toothpick” Sam Jones

From John Klima at Yahoo! Sports' The Postgame on March 2:This…

Dodgers To Wear 1940s “Satin” Uniforms in 2011

From the Los Angeles Dodgers on February 25:The Los Angeles Dodgers…

Indy Native Oscar Charleston Toiled in Obscurity

From Phil Richards of the Indianapolis Star on February 28:[Oscar]…

Stats Don’t Tell The Whole Bill James Story

From Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on February…

FanGraphs: Groundballing Seasons, 1950-2001

From Carson Cistulli of FanGraphs.com on February 25:As the title…

L.A. Times: Angels Playing The Numbers Game

From Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times on February 24:To…

Alan Nathan on Humidors and Home Runs

From Alan Nathan, Chair Emeritus of SABR's Science of Baseball…

Historic Designation Sought for Detroit-area Ballpark

From Cecil Angel of the Detroit Free Press on February 25:In…

CNN: A Baseball Wife Emerges From Dugout

From Ann O'Neill at CNN on February 25:Harold Seymour wrote baseball's…

BTBS: Testing A Theory on Barry Bonds’ Career WAR

From Bill Petti at Beyond the Box Score on February 24:The question…

Spring Training Going, Going, Gone in Tucson

From Steve Henson at Yahoo! Sports on February 22:TUCSON, Ariz.…

Demographics May Doom Philadelphia A’s Society

From Frank Fitzpatrick of the Philadelphia Inquirer on February…

Joe Poz: On Buck O’Neil and Roland Hemond

From Joe Posnanski's blog on February 23:Of course, I desperately…

Babe Ruth’s 1918 Hot Springs HR to be measured

From the Irish American News on February 23:The date was March…

N.Y. Times: Justine Siegal pitches BP to Indians

From Glenn Swain at the New York Times on February 22:GOODYEAR,…

ESPN: Negro Leagues Grave Marker Project

From Greg Garber at ESPN.com on February 20:A blustery winter…

YouTube: T206 Moments, Honus Wagner

Tom Zappala at YouTube.com/t206players sends along the Honus…

Utica O-D: Spring training, 1967 and today

From Don Drumm of the Utica (N.Y.) Observer-Dispatch on February…

Fangraphs: The Worst Hitter in Baseball History

From Joe Pawlikowski at Fangraphs.com on February 18:So often…

Seamheads.com Launches Ballparks Database

From Mike Lynch at Seamheads.com on February 16:We at Seamheads.com…

Profile of Mel Poplack, chair of Seymour-Mills Chapter

From the Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press on February 18:Naples resident…