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The Beauty of Small Ball in Baseball

August 25, 2022 Skyler Gillespie

Small ball is one of the oldest ideas in baseball but is quickly being replaced by the modern day ideas of what baseball should be. What are your thoughts on small ball? […]

Baseball History Nuggets for September 16th

September 16, 2021 Tom Knuppel

Baseball History 1900-1939 In 1903, by scoring in every inning , the Boston Americans defeat Cleveland 14-7 with Boston hammering out 23 hits and Cleveland collects 10. 1911-Boston’s Smoky Joe Wood and rookie Buck O’Brien […]

Jim Creighton-First Paid Player also Died After Hard Swing

June 30, 2021 Tom Knuppel

Born on April 15, 1841, Jim Creighton was baseball’s first real star and made his pitching debut with the Brooklyn Niagaras at age eighteen in 1859. He would join the Brooklyn Star Club that year […]