Ted Williams’ Year in Minneapolis
This article provides an in-depth look at Ted Williams and his year spent in Minneapolis.
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This article provides an in-depth look at Ted Williams and his year spent in Minneapolis.
Winning a baseball championship is a challenging endeavor. Winning a single championship at the highest classification in the minor leagues (Triple-A)—with the added complexity of countless player transactions and few multiyear players as a stabilizing force—can be even more challenging. Winning back-to-back championships at Triple-A—while switching leagues because the first league folded—is an even more […]
“The greatest pitcher I have ever seen,” whispered John McGraw as he shoved his way through a jostling home bound crowd after watching “Cannonball” Jackman strike out eighteen batters in nine innings. That whisper spread from ear to ear and finally developed into a roar, for certainly the famed former New York Giants pilot should […]
Narrative films are not factual films — even when they purport to divulge the true-life stories of real people. Whether their subjects are sports figures,show business personalities, or world leaders, such movies often are rife with misinformation. But unless their function is to propagandize, they are not purposefully fashioned to toss the viewer curveballs and […]
The New York Yankees’ Babe Ruth gazes towards the right field stands after hitting a ball in front of an unknown Boston Red Sox catcher and unknown umpire at Fenway Park. 1933-34. (Leslie Jones photo, courtesy of the Boston Public Library.) The ultimate comparison of sluggers in baseball occurs when a player is linked […]
The idea for Who’s On First: Replacement Players in World War II was conceived in January 2011. The original thought was to compile biographies of some of the players who made their debut during World War II and went on to successful careers after the war ended. (The premise was that perhaps they got their […]
“No doubt some graphics do distort the underlying data, making it hard for the viewer to learn the truth. But data graphics are no different from words in this regard, for any means of communication can be used to deceive.” — Edward Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information Data-visualization expert Edward Tufte suggests […]
On Saturday, the tenth of September in 1881 at Albany, New York, the Troy and Worcester teams of the National League played a championship game. In the early days of League baseball, especially late in the season, it was considered good promotion to play a game on neutral ground for the publicity value and in hopes […]
The Federal League suspended operations after the 1915 campaign, with the clouds of World War I on the horizon. It survived for two seasons and remains the only attempt in this century to plant and sustain a viable “third major league.” Aside from it, major league baseball has meant National League and American League baseball […]
Baker Bowl it was a wonderful place! More action probably took place on those Philadelphia grounds than at any other athletic facility in our country. For half a century the place was packed with action. There was major league baseball, championship boxing and wrestling, and professional football — say nothing of such extra-curricular activities as […]
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