Today in 1944: Joe Nuxhall‚ only 15 years‚ 10 months old‚ pitches two-thirds of an inning in the Cincinnati Reds’ 18-0 loss to St. Louis. Now we have a younger MLBer: Roy Campanella, with the Washington (DC) Elite Giants on June 22, 1937, against the Pittsburgh Crawfords.
Between the Cubs’ radio declaring Gavy Cravath was the pre-Babe home run king this week and MLB treating the Elysian Fields game as a “first,” I’m beginning to wonder if anyone has read a single book written in the last 50 years. What are we even doing here?
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Maybe 30 years ago I spotted this penmanship sampler ("Emancipation") in a box lot at an auction. It has been on our wall, framed, ever since. #JUNETEENTH2026
Which of you knows Arthur Markham, left fielder for the Brooklyn Excelsiors of 1859, whose stage name was Frank Mordaunt?
Pete Palmer and I created The Hidden Game of Baseball in 1984.
The Shot Heard 'Round the World--is it still the greatest game ever played? ourgame.mlblogs.com/americas-nat...
I have been watching the Knicks since the days of Carl Braun, Harry Gallatin, Ray Felix, and Dick McGuire--and then Willie Naulls, Kenny Sears, and Richie Guerin. I have never seen anything like last night's game.
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Why are baseball's mascots silent? Credit Frank Oakley, better known as Slivers the Clown. ripbaseball.com/2026/06/05/s...
This week's story for America's National Game, set in 1954--the year of Joe DiMaggio's marriage to Marilyn Monroe. There is a backstory to such star couplings (John Ward and Helen Dauvray), as there is to baseball on the boards. ourgame.mlblogs.com/americas-nat...
John Thorn
John Thorn
Only today, I received a note from Pete Palmer that calls into question Anson's hit total for 1888. See: "Cap Anson’s Hit Total: Why has this number jumped around so much over the years?" at: ourgame.mlblogs.com/cap-ansons-h...
