The Glory Days: How MLB’s First Expansion Unfolded
May 28, 2012 by Thad Mumau · 1 Comment
Major league baseball’s first modern-day expansion did not just happen overnight. It was not simply the result of a shrewd job of blackmailing by William Shea and renowned baseball man Branch Rickey; they did not hold Commissioner Ford Frick and 16 team owners hostage by threatening to start a new league. The shadow of the […]
A People’s History of Baseball: A Review
April 2, 2012 by Andrew Martin · 2 Comments
Baseball is steeped in the notion of myth and the existence of a narrative declaring the game to be a bastion of good and American wholesomeness. Such contrivances interfere with the study of history, making it difficult to find works associated with baseball that are able to push through such obstacles. With the publishing of […]
Is it still the Mid-Summer Classic?
July 13, 2010 by Eddie Gilley · Leave a Comment
Baseball is the Great American Pastime. It is a game we grew up with and many of us love, especially those who are on this site. As I write this, it is the All-Star break and the game is tonight. Yet I can’t help but feel that the game I love has lost something with […]
Washington Is a Baseball Town (Again)
June 8, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · 2 Comments
At the top of the seventh inning the crowd began the chant, “Let’s Go Stras-burg” to the same cadence that fans in DC have grown tired of listening to from Philly, Dodger, Red Sox and just about anywhere fans. Â But this chant was all DC and it grew and built. Â “Let’s Go Stras-burg” the entire […]
Write-In Campaign Adds Pressure on Selig?
May 6, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment
Latino advocacy organization Presente.org is ramping up the pressure on Bud Selig with a write-in campaign to take the All-Star Game out of Phoenix in response to the Arizona Hispanic profiling bill. Â After huge protest marches several weeks ago, the write in campaign provides a time-honored, American tradition to keep the pressure on Commissioner Selig. […]
Remembering Curt Gowdy
March 24, 2010 by Bob Lazzari · 2 Comments
He was a born storyteller–the “guy next door” who happened to become the first legitimate superstar of sports television. When legendary broadcaster Curt Gowdy passed away a few years back, it truly signifid the end of an era; colleague Dick Enberg accurately referred to him as “the last of the dinosaurs”–-a man who will be remembered […]
