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Fleet-footed Dode Paskert was one of the finest defensive center fielders of the Deadball Era. “It is no exaggeration to say that Paskert is one of the greatest judges of a fly ball in the game today,” wrote Baseball Magazine‘s J. C. Kofoed in 1915. “Those who have seem him circle, hawk-like, turn his back […]

Infielder Paul Noce (pronounced No-chi) was with the Chicago Cubs for much of the 1987 season. He started 47 games that year, filling in for second baseman Ryne Sandberg and shortstop Shawon Dunston. Noce was 27 years old and in his seventh year as a pro when he made it to the majors. Several weeks […]

A note from the editor of the Fall 2013 BRJ.

A note from the editor of the Spring 2013 BRJ.

A note from the editor of the Fall 2012 BRJ.

A note from the editor of the Baseball Research Journal.

This article was originally published in The SABR Review of Books, Volume V (1990).   In his wonderfully compact and brilliant Take Time For Paradise, the late Bart Giamatti says, “If baseball is a narrative, an epic of exile and return, a vast, communal poem about separation, loss and the hope for reunion — if […]

Growing up in Chicago in the early 1970s was about as good an environment for a young baseball fan as could be hoped for. Not only were the Cubs and Sox competitive—sometimes even at the same time!—it was also very easy to get involved in the daily struggle of both teams. Chicago had several daily […]

When I was asked to edit this book to accompany SABR’s 53rd national convention in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, I thought about what to cover about baseball in Texas, and where it should focus. Naturally the Texas Rangers had to be a part of the story, but I wanted it to show so much more. […]

In late March of each year as the MLB season opens, I wonder why the league schedules games during the first two weeks in northern climes such as Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and Minneapolis. After reading the articles in this volume of The National Pastime, I now know that the interest in baseball north of the […]

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 […]

I follow a photographer on Twitter with the handle “Abandoned America,” whose oeuvre includes many asylums, resort hotels and schools, dotting the landscape of the continental US, mapping the ebbs of communities and commerce. It didn’t occur to me until I sat down to write this, though, that I’ve yet to see a ballpark in […]