BASEBALL AND WORLD WAR II
In the modern history of baseball, the United States has fought in four wars that materially affected the major leagues: […]
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WHITHER WHO’S WHO? THE END OF A CLASSIC BASEBALL BOOK
With most baseball guides now online, the hard copy annual “Who’s Who” in Baseball is something of a relic–its future uncertain.
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THE DETROIT WOLVERINES, NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!
On the eve of his team’s opening-day matchup with the Indianapolis Hoosiers, Manager Bill Watkins called a meeting with the
Fidel Castro, ballplayer
Sixty years ago, aboard a Gilligan’s Island–style cabin cruiser, 82 would-be revolutionaries somehow made it from Mexico to the Cuban
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PROVIDENCE GRAYS
Major League Baseball has crowned 139 “champions” since 1876, of which 137 represented cities that still have a big league
THE STRANGE STORY OF JOHNNY FREDERICK
Shortly after the Dodgers traded Johnny Frederick to Sacramento of the Pacific Coast League in December 1934, he spoke to
STENGELESE
July 30, 2016, marks the 126th anniversary of the birth of Casey Stengel, one of the truly legendary baseball figures
THE BIZARRE DEATH OF LEN KOENECKE
In 1931, Giants Manager John McGraw was so smitten by reports over a budding second baseman with the Louisville Colonels