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 […]

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Graham Knight: The Ballpark Connoisseur

July 23, 2011 by Andrew Martin · Leave a Comment

With all due respect, the best way I can describe Graham Knights’ website, http://www.baseballpilgrimages.com, is to call it â€œbaseball porn.â€ It is a feast for the eyes and the senses, glorifying baseball and its stadiums. If you are a baseball fan and havenâ€™t visited it before, you are missing out. The site is a shrine […]

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Visiting Louisville, and Pleased

April 16, 2011 by David Stalker · 2 Comments

Visiting the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory along with attending a home game of the Louisville Bats has been on my to do list for several years. Purchasing a pair of tickets the day they went on sale for my wife Lynne and I for Monday April 11, our plans were set. Heading into to […]

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Rambling on About My Glory Days – Rambling & Wondering

April 19, 2010 by Jack Perconte · Leave a Comment

I often get the comment from people, “I bet you wished you played now with the money players make these days.” It makes me dream, of course, but I really wonder if I would have even gotten a chance to play professional baseball in today”s game. I have attended quite a few minor league baseball […]

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The Scapegoat

February 20, 2010 by Jeff Katz · Leave a Comment

Rule of thumb â€“ you can tell how nice a place is by the number of stonewalled front lawns. The road through Bedford into Stamford is a rock-rimmed capillary, the barricades protecting the homes of the wealthy which sit safely beyond. Turning off the main drag to Ray Grebeyâ€™s home, a different picture emerges. Grebey, […]

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