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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Leon Day's '37 Eagles Cap & The Ideal Cap Company

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In what seems like a thousand years ago, during the summer of 1989 I was working in a garment factory in Passaic, N.J. On a lunch break I w...
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

John Henry Lloyd Multiple Choice

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The most recent illustration I've completed for my upcoming book is of Hall of Famer John Henry Lloyd. Lloyd was Blackball's premie...
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

169. Hi Bithorn: Puerto Rico's First Big Leaguer

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It's odd today to think that of the hundreds of native Puerto Rican ballplayers who have played in the majors to date, the first on...
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Saturday, February 1, 2014

Another Quick Book Preview: Shoeless Joe Jackson

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One of my favorite stories I have written on this site has been the day-in-the-life of Joe Jackson during his days as a baseball merc...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

166. Earl Huckleberry: Straight to the Majors and Back

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I don't have much family left now-a-days, so one of the added bonuses I received when I married my wife Andrea in August was that I b...
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Monday, December 9, 2013

165. Sam Kau: The Travelin' Chinese Spitballer

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Here's a great little slice of baseball history I learned about from an update I received from Gary Bedinfield, proprietor of Basebal...
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

164. Chino Smith: Like a Meteor

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Some ball field, somewhere in 1928 or 1929. The air was electric. With the score tied up for the past 6 innings, the crowd had settled ...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Veteran's Day

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I originally posted the story of Captain Eddie Grant, former New York Giants 3rd baseman, 3 years ago in honor of Veterans Day. To show m...
Friday, November 1, 2013

163. Joe Boley: The Cost of Being Too Good

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Even though I left Baltimore over 17 years ago, I still have a soft spot for its ball clubs, the 1920's International League Orioles...
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Thursday, October 24, 2013

162. Max Manning: The Honor & Integrity of Dr. Cyclopse

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There's no doubt that baseball's full of stories about guys who got the short end of the stick. When you're talking about the...
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