Happy Wednesday! baseballgirl joining you in a departure from my usual Friday; after last week’s disaster, we thought we’d shake it up a bit this week, and I’m in charge of Wednesday instead.
As readers scanned the morning editions of their hometown dailies on June 11, 1915, it was apparent that the National League standings were tightening up. With almost a third of the season in the books, the Philadelphia Phillies held a half-game lead over Chicago.
Ace Gray on the mound!
#LateNightReds continues tonight, as the Reds tee off against the Mariners in Seattle tonight at 10:10 PM EDT. The Reds lost another one run game last night, because of course they did.
In the long, often inglorious history of the Chicago Cubs, they have frustrated their fans by not only going 108 years between World Series championships, but by participating in bizarre, high-scoring games that often ended with the North Siders on the losing end.
Jim Bouton’s Ball Four is full of cutting personal commentary on players, coaches, managers and front-office staff. One of the most memorable and damning criticisms is credited to Bouton’s roommate...
The Cincinnati Reds started the 1912 season in a new venue, one that didn’t yet have a name, when they defeated the Chicago Cubs on Opening Day, April 11, before the largest crowd to witness a baseball game to date in the Queen City.
"It's nice just because I'm helping the team out more than I did in 2012 and 2013. It's not a good feeling to get your butt whupped. I vowed to myself I was going to get better." — Dallas Keuchel1
The 32,040 fans who came to Royals Stadium for a Monday night game in late June were in for a treat, as they saw California’s 39-year-old Dave Winfield become the oldest major leaguer to hit for the cycle.
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When Mark Armour first proposed the Baseball Biography Project back in 2002, he could not have imagined it would grow into SABR's most ambitious research initiative. Inspired by Tom Simon's...
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“I’m sure God never meant me to be a ball player,” Taft Wright said. “If he had, I wouldn’t be built so close to the ground...