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Does the MLB Commissioner Have the Right to Overturn Owner’s Trades/Sales/Deals?
The question above is one that many people have debated during the last couple of weeks as the Miami Marlins and the Toronto Blue Jays undertook a megadeal that swapped several star players for top prospects. In mid-November 2012 the Marlins … Continue reading
Wednesday’s Book Review: “Bill Veeck: Baseball’s Greatest Maverick”
Bill Veeck: Baseball’s Greatest Maverick. By Paul Dickson. New York: Walker and Co., 2012. 448 pages, photographs, acknowledgments, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover with dustjacket, ISBN: 978-0-8027-1778-8, $28.00 U.S. Paul Dickson’s Bill Veeck: Baseball’s Greatest Maverick is a most welcome … Continue reading
Wednesday’s Book Review: “‘If You Were Only White’: The Life of Leroy ‘Satchel’ Paige”
“If You Were Only White”: The Life of Leroy “Satchel” Paige. By Donald Spivey. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2012. As the editor for the “Sports and American Culture” series at the University of Missouri Press I was delighted to … Continue reading
Last Stand of Whitey Herzog’s Cardinals: The 1987 World Series
Twenty-five years ago, in 1987 (and it seems like yesterday), the St. Louis Cardinals went to the World Series to face the Minnesota Twins. It seems appropriate to recall it now, as the World Series is currently underway. Sadly, the Cardinals are … Continue reading
Thirty Years Ago: The Cardinals Win the World Series
In 1982, the Cardinals roared to the division championship, the National League pennant, and victory in the World Series. It was the first world championship for St. Louis since the “El Birdos” of 1967 and the first appearance in the … Continue reading
How Did the Orioles Come to Baltimore? Cardinals versus Browns in St. Louis
The St. Louis Browns and the St. Louis Cardinals shared a city for more than half a century before the Browns finally left town after the 1953 MLB season for Baltimore to become the Orioles. That team went on to major success … Continue reading
Wednesday’s Book Review: “Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era”
Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era. By Steven A. Riess. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1999 rev. ed. A revised edition of a very successful 1983 work, Touching Base remains a standard work on the … Continue reading
Experiencing the Yankees Fans
On Saturday, June 16, 2012, I went to see the New York Yankees play the Washington Nationals at a sold-out Nationals Park in the District of Columbia. I have a package of tickets for the season and I see games … Continue reading
Roger’s MLB Power Rankings after Two Months of the 2012 Season
We are now about two months into the major league baseball season and I thought I would take the time to prepare my own power rankings for the top ten teams. I know power rankings are subjective; even though the … Continue reading
The Great George Brett/Hal McRae Batting Title Race of 1976
In 1976 the expansion Kansas City Royals were in the midst of taking their first American League West division title, with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses, but just as important was the race for the American League … Continue reading
