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With the nation’s colleges playing a greater role in the training of players for the major leagues, it is possible that we may see an increase in the number of stars who bypass the minor leagues on the way up. And since the days have passed when big leaguers go down to the minors toward […]

Is Henry Aaron a greater player than Willie Mays? Was Joe DiMaggio better than Ted Williams? Those were just two of the tough decisions members of the Society for American Baseball Research were asked to make in a survey of the greatest baseball players born in the different states. Aaron and Mays were matched because […]

Letter Player Home Runs A Hank Aaron 755 B Ernie Banks 512 C Orlando Cepeda 379 D Joe DiMaggio 361 E Darrell Evans (A) 414 F Jimmie Foxx 534 G Lou Gehrig 493 H Frank Howard 382 I Pete Incaviglia (A) 100 J Reggie Jackson 563 K Harmon Killebrew 573 L Greg Luzinski 307 M […]

“This is the Cubs’ town,” said the man over beers, When we talked in the Nixon years; We discussed Chicago’s teams, tossed names we both knew, In an exercise best named “recall and review.” He had loved the Cubs all his life, less so the Pale Hose, While lamenting, to varying degrees, both teams’ woes; […]

Ralph Kiner the seventh-leading home run hitter of all time? Mike Schmidt already ranked 15th? Babe Ruth still Number 1? If career home runs is your measure of leading homer hitters, these ratings don’t make sense, because Kiner is 26th, Schmidt is 41st and Ruth second. But career homers are not the only measure of […]

Rod Carew, Vida Blue, and Big Klu Connie Mack, Stan Hack, Max Flack Guy Bush, Emil Kush, Heinie Manush Joe Rudi, Lyle Judy, and Howdy Doody Ty Cobb, Scotty Robb, Rusty Staub Rip Sewell, Bob Buhl, Joe Kuhel Hank Bauer, Vic Power, Hank Sauer Tris Speaker, Roy Meeker, and a streaker Lyn Lary, Charlie Berry, […]

Welcome, my friends, not just to the Windy City, but to the windswept plains, lakeshores, towns, and church ballfields in the heart of the Midwest. In this issue of The National Pastime, we will barnstorm through Indiana, Iowa, and Wisconsin, as well as several stops in Illinois, both in Chicago and in towns just a […]