Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Lemon was a larger-than-life sort of guy, loved by his teammates because he was fun off the field and a tenacious competitor on it.
Hank Aaron’s pennant-winning home run is largely forgotten.
Lou Boudreau may have had the greatest season a shortstop ever had. He’s the man who perfected the defensive shift, and was the player-manager of the last Cleveland team to win the World Series.
Before he was a superstar pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Koufax was a teenage “bonus baby” for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Philadelphia A’s manager Connie Mack poses with former and present players at West Palm Beach in Florida during spring training in 1951.
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In the spring of 1951, Joe DiMaggio’s legendary career was winding down. The 12-time All-Star and three-time Most Valuable Player was even talking about his retirement openly.
A clipping from a 1951 edition of The Sporting News shows opera singer Helen Traubel with the manager of the St. Louis Browns.
Who was Ferris Fain, the two-time batting champion?
Ted Williams was a superstar in the 1940s and 1950s, however, at first his Mexican heritage was a problem, because racism was even more prevalent at that time than it is today.
Roy Smalley was such an erratic infielder that Cubs fans used to say their double play combo was “[Eddie] Miksis to Smalley to Addison Street.” In six
One of the most versatile and athletic ballplayers of the 1950s, Al Smith was a professional at the age of 17 in the Negro American League for
There was a time when big league teams held open tryouts in hopes of finding new talent. The Senators were lucky enough to have a famed scout run their operation.
Vic Wertz was a dangerous run-producer in the middle of Detroit’s lineup in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
What rule change prompted Joe DiMaggio to scream foul and get rid of his favorite glove?
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What’s the likelihood that one high school will produce the first black man to manage in Major League Baseball and the first black man to coach in
This interview aired on CNBC in 2002, with Tim Russert showing his love for baseball as he talks with one of the greatest batteries in history, Yogi
When he needed a big out, Brooklyn Dodgers manager Walt Alston often turned to gritty Clem Labine.
Few Hall of Famers forged as diverse a career in baseball as Ford Christopher Frick, who was instrumental in the establishment of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown.
When Robinson took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, he blazed a trail for African American ballplayers. That legacy lives on today. In the last ten seasons, 15 of the 20 league Most Valuable Player Awards have been awarded to African American or Latino ballplayers.
