Baseball’s Dead of World War II

April 21, 2010 by Gary Bedingfield · Leave a Comment

There has never been a baseball book like Baseballâ€™s Dead of World War II.Â (Baseball historian Bill Swank) A few years ago I began compiling biographies on professional baseball players who lost their lives in military service during World War II. At the time I had around 25 names to work with . . . […]

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How A Baseball Simmer Challenged History

April 12, 2008 by Brian Joseph · 7 Comments

Robert Bofors’ study of caught stealing estimates during the Deadball era proves to be illuminating.

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