Baseball

In 1954, one year after Baltimore bought the St.

In the early 20th century, immigration, labor unrest, social reforms and government regulations threatened the power of the country's largest employers.

An early celebrity pitcher, Denton "e;Cy"e; Young (1867-1955) established supreme standards on the mound.

When we think of baseball, we think of sunny days and leisurely outings at the ballpark--rarely do thoughts of death come to mind.

After seven games and 13 days, the outcome of the 1962 World Series hung on the final pitch, thrown by a pitcher for the New York Yankees to a hitter for the San Francisco Giants.

The Troy Haymakers were a pioneer baseball team legendary for exploits on and off the field.

During the African American cultural resurgence of the 1920s and 1930s, professional athletes shared the spotlight with artists and intellectuals.

Much has been written about the legendary players and managers of baseball's Deadball Era (1901-1919).

Born in Austin, Texas, in 1899, Bibb August Falk was the classic stereotype of a Texan, standing six feet.

This book is an examination of cultural resistance to segregation in the world of black baseball through an analysis of editorial art, folktales, nicknames, "e;manhood"e; and the art of clowning.

"e;Orioles Magic"e; is a phrase fans still associate with the 1979-1983 seasons, Baltimore's last championship era, when they played excellent, exciting ball with a penchant for late-inning heroics.

The Boston Red Sox are one of the most iconic baseball teams, representing not just a city or a state, but an entire regionit's the only professional baseball team in New England.

Under the guidance of Leslie Heaphy and an editorial board of leading historians, this peer-reviewed, annual book series offers new, authoritative research on all subjects related to black baseball, including the Negro major and minor leagues, teams, and players; pre-Negro League organization and play; barnstorming; segregation and integration; class, gender, and ethnicity; the business of black baseball; and the arts.

Offering the best in original research and analysis, Base Ball is an annually published book series that promotes the study of baseball's early history, from its protoball roots to 1920, and its rise to prominence within American popular culture.

In an era of unique baseball stadiums, the Polo Grounds in New York stood out from the rest.

Eddie Plank won 326 games and has the most complete games and shutouts by a left-handed pitcher in Major League history.

Forgotten today, Sam Thompson (1860-1922) was one of the most dominant five skills players of his era.

The story about baseball's being invented in Cooperstown, New York, in 1839 by Abner Doubleday served to prove that the U.

If unpredictability is so much of what makes sports compelling, the baseball draft might be the best place to look.

The 1908 American League pennant race was described as a "e;a fierce and fluctuating fight.

With the aim of providing anyone interested in baseball scorekeeping everything he or she needs to perform the task, this book contains a thorough and comprehensive manual on keeping a scorecard, together with a detailed analysis of each of the numerous, and often complex, official rules governing scorekeeping in baseball (many of which were revised or modified in 2007), as well as scorekeeping issues outside of MLB's rulebook.

Baseball has had many outstanding Latin American pitchers since the early 20th century.

The book chronicles almost 300 in-season changes of managers in the major leagues since 1900.

The New York Yankees are baseball's most storied team.

This is a straightforward history of the Athletics franchise, from its Connie Mack years in Philadelphia with teams featuring Eddie Collins, Chief Bender, Jimmy Foxx, Mickey Cochrane and Lefty Grove, through its 13 years in Kansas City, under Arnold Johnson and Charles O.

Baseball and law have intersected since the primordial days.

Since 1971, 35 Negro League baseball players and executives have been admitted to the Hall of Fame.

Nebraska is not usually thought of as a focal point in the history of black baseball, yet the state has seen its share of contributions to the African American baseball experience.

Although Andrew "e;Rube"e; Foster (1879-1930) stands among the best African American pitchers of the 1900s, this baseball pioneer made his name as the founder and president of the Negro National League, the first all-black league to survive a full season.

Described as "e;the Greatest Batsman in the Country"e; by sportswriters of his era, Dennis "e;Big Dan"e; Brouthers compiled a .

Over their first four decades in the American League, the Cleveland Indians were known more for great players than consistently great play.

BACK ISSUE Base Ball is a peer-reviewed book series published annually.

Billy Southworth was the most successful major league baseball manager of the 1940s including the three straight years in which his St.

This volume presents carefully selected, and annotated, articles about major-leaguers serving at home and overseas in the U.

This first biography of four-time all-star Al Rosen covers the career of perhaps the best player on the fabulous Cleveland Indians' teams of the 1950s.

In 1947, as the integration of Major League Baseball began, the once-daring American League had grown reactionary, unwilling to confront postwar challenges--population shifts, labor issues and, above all, racial integration.

Most baseball fans know Tom Candiotti as a knuckleballer but he began his career as a conventional pitcher in 1983--after becoming just the second player to appear in the major leagues following Tommy John surgery, at a time when only Tommy John himself had ever come back from the operation.

Napoleon Lajoie was the sixth player, and the first second baseman, to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The greatest players in baseball history are honored in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

The conclusion of the Sandy Koufax Era was a wild roller coaster ride for the LA Dodgers.

Evolving in an urban landscape, professional baseball attracted a dedicated fan base among the inhabitants of major cities, including ethnic and racial minorities, for whom the game was a vehicle for assimilation.

Baseball analysts often criticize pitcher win-loss records as a poor measure of pitcher performance, as wins are the product of team performance.

What do women softball players look for in a coach?

In 1967, in the midst of a nail-biting six-week pennant race, the Red Sox, Tigers, Twins and White Sox stood deadlocked atop the American League.

In 1887, Tip O'Neill, left fielder for the St.

Here are 42 interviews with women who competed in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

The study of baseball history and culture shows the national pastime to be a forum of debate where issues of sport, labor, race, character and the ethics of work and play are decided.

From Nick Altrock to Casey Stengel, Dizzy Dean to Satchel Paige, Bill Veeck to Bob Uecker, baseball has always admired the clever.

In the world of sports, Iowa is probably best known for wrestling but the state has also produced more than 200 major league baseball players.

Eddie Cicotte, who pitched in the American League 1905-1920, was one of the tragic figures of baseball.