Tommy Lasorda: Loyalty and The Fight of '57
Frustrated with his loyalty being rewarded by being replaced with a bonus-baby college kid, Tommy Lasorda’s frustration erupted into what became known as “The Fight of ‘57.”
Infinite Baseball Card Set
The Infinite Baseball Card Set is a never-ending card set of baseball’s forgotten heroes: Negro League legends, barnstorming mercenaries, semi-pro sluggers, blacklisted bums, foreign phenoms, bush league oddballs, and the famous before they were famous.
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Moonlight Graham: The Myth, the Legend, and the Bush League Ballplayer
Chances are no one would have remembered Archie Graham and his one big-league game— until a hit movie made “Moonlight” Graham the most famous short-timer in baseball history.
Albie Pearson: The Letter
After a few bad seasons, big league clubs had given up on the 5’-5” outfielder. But when plans for an AL expansion team was announced, Albie Pearson wrote a letter that changed his career.
Hank Greenberg: Boom or Bust in Beaumont
1932 was the make-or-break season for Hank Greenberg. If he could successfully navigate the Texas heat, chest-high fastballs, and not make too many errors, the door was open to a big league career.
A New Book(s)
Coming this July!
"Ducky" Stewart: The Little Galoot
By Guest Author Scott Johnson
"Flash Cazen: That extra something
He never played in the majors, but, as a sportswriter poetically prosed, “Cazen always gave what he had and a little something extra, and it was that little extra something that sometimes won a game.”
Dave Hoskins: The Savior Does Not Answer Letters
Guest author Jason Schwartz gives us the story of how Dave Hoskins successfully integrated the Texas League in the spring of 1952
"Sticks" Jester: Loretta Bobs Her Hair
Loretta was sixteen and looking for adventure – something she couldn’t find on her parents’ farm. Reading through the newspaper one day in 1924, she found the answer: an all-women pro baseball team
Burdick Award, Part 3: My Influences
No artist gets anywhere with out being influenced by someone or something.