The Hidden Ball Trick
“The Hidden Ball Trick - A Rarity in Big League Games”
Umpiring in the Early Days
“Umpiring in the Early Twentieth Century”
Comparing Eras: The Fallacy of 'All-Time' All-Star Teams
“The bunt – even to foil a shift – has become as outmoded as a musket.”
Beyond the 9th: The Drama of Baseball's Marathon Matches
“The longest baseball games ever!”
World War II Baseball: Minors in the Majors
“The teen record-setters of WW II”
Eyewitness Account: Baseball in the 1930s
“1930s baseball, from someone who was there”
Batter up, chatter up: The demise of talkative catchers in baseball
“Talkative catchers of baseball”
Ball players from the Bay: San Francisco’s Fertile Sandlots
“That was the last batting practice McGraw ever took. And it was the closest I ever got to the big leagues.”