Triples: The Forgotten Base
The art of the triple sculpted by the master, John "Chief" Wilson in 1912.
View ArticleThe Myth of the 300-game Winner
It has been often written that the 300-game winner will never exist again. This is a total fallacy. There have been only twenty-four such occurrences in Major League Baseball history. Did you know...
View ArticleThe Favorite Toy and…Grover Cleveland Alexander
Those of you who read my last Favorite Toy article about Babe Ruth probably noticed that the second installment was supposed to be about Ted Williams. Well, after giving it some thought I realized that...
View ArticleFrom Bicycle Spokes to Back Rooms
Only days before Thanksgiving this year, a news story hit the wire that a 1909 T206 Honus Wagner card brought in big money at auction. That the Wagner card went for $262,900 is, of course, no...
View ArticleThe Best Pitcher Ever is?
Who is the best pitcher of all-time? This is a difficult question to answer due to the vast changes in the game over the past century. For the purpose of this exercise, relief pitchers, such as...
View ArticleThe Anatomy of a Hall of Famer
It’s been a month now since Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven were introduced as the two newest members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. I think both deserve it. I also think Blyleven should have...
View Article“Havana Heat” by Darryl Brock
Fans of Darryl Brock will find much to admire in his novel Havana Heat. It is very reminiscent in feel and tone to his classic If I Never Get Back and its sequel Two In the Field. There is no time...
View ArticleForerunner Foster
Long before Muhammad Ali asserted that he was the greatest, Rube Foster staked that claim for himself and his teams. Foster, author Robert Charles Cottrell says, could be considered more influential...
View ArticleNegro Leagues Database Update: American Series in Cuba, 1904-1915
In the 1900s and 1910s, with Cuba newly independent from Spain but under heavy U.S. influence (and sometimes occupation), a baseball exchange formed between the two countries. In the summers teams of...
View ArticleMy First Trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame
Hey baseball fans! I am off this week because of spring break, so naturally I took a baseball-related vacation… to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York! If you can...
View ArticleMy Top Five Most Underrated Hall of Famers in Baseball History
Hey baseball fans! With 205 baseball players in the Hall of Fame, not all of them are recognizable to baseball fans. Whether it’s because of the team they played for, the era in which they competed or...
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