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Mr. K Brings Baseball Back to Kansas City
Happy Birthday, Mr. K! Royals pitcher Moe Drabowsky presents a birthday cake to Ewing Kauffman as his wife Muriel and ‘Royal Lancer’ Lester Milgram look onwards, September 1969. (Courtesy of the Kansas City Royals) Charles O. Finley never seemed to connect with the people of Kansas City after acquiring ownership of the Athletics in […]
Fantasy Made Real
This article was originally published in The SABR Review of Books, Volume V (1990). Two of the most whimsical, delightful baseball novels of the 1980s, The Curious Case of Sidd J. Finch and Shoeless Joe share enchanting as well as technically interesting qualities. Each book recounts a magical fantasy, a story that the reader […]
Pitchers Dig the Long Ball (At Least When They Are Hitting)
There have been many pitchers who also excelled with the bat, hurlers who could help their team with the stick as well as with their arm. This article will look at some of the most proficient home run-hitting pitchers in the major leagues and some of their accomplishments. In 1999 there was a shoe company […]
Luke Easter’s Charisma, Remarkable Slugging Captivated Fans, Saved Buffalo Franchise in Mid-1950s
Who was Buffalo’s first black ballplayer? This is a favorite trivia question among Buffalo baseball fans. The usual answer: Luke Easter, of course. But as in most good trivia questions the obvious answer is not the correct one. Easter was number two, not No. 1. The first was Frank Grant, legendary dark-skinned infielder of the […]
The Turbulent ’70s: Steinbrenner, the Stadium, and the 1970s Scene
Any way you look at it, the 1970s was a decade of upheaval and change everywhere in the country, but particularly in New York City. The “police action” of Vietnam ended and an era of urban decay began. The personal computer arrived, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center became the world’s tallest buildings, […]
The Best Last-Place Team Ever? 1966 Yankees Didn’t Know How to Finish Last
The 1967 Sporting News Baseball Guide reported “Many observers felt [the 1966 Yankees] to be the best tenth-place team in major league annals.” If they couldn’t capture yet another pennant, at least they could be the best at finishing last. The 1966 Yankees boasted two Hall of Fame players in Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford, […]
1967 Red Sox: The Cardiac Kids
The odds on the Boston Red Sox winning the 1967 American League pennant were 100-1 at the beginning of the season. But when they completed the Impossible Dream, it was “Pandemonium on the field!”The Boston Red Sox embarked on their 1967 season with a five-man rotation that had collectively won only 25 major league games […]
Did Performance-Enhancing Drugs Prolong Careers?
Although the last decade of the Steroid Era was associated with an increase in the number of players sustaining productive MLB careers beyond age 32 — including Barry Bonds, who set a single-season record with 73 home runs in 2001 at age 36 — it is not clear that PEDs were actually responsible for this […]