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The Kansas City Monarchs, the Chicago American Giants, the St. Louis Stars, the Birmingham Black Barons, the Homestead Grays, and the Indianapolis Clowns; for over 50 years, they were the Yankees, Cardinals, and Red Sox of black baseball in America. And for over a decade beginning in the late 1940s, umpire Bob Motley called balls and strikes for many of their games, working alongside such legends as Satchel Paige, Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, and Willie Mays.

Work with data like a pro using this guide that breaks down how to organize, apply, and most importantly, understand what you are analyzing in order to become a true data ninja.

Longer than Moby-Dick and nearly as ambitious,​The Baseball 100 is a one-of-a-kind work by award-winning sportswriter and lifelong student of the game Joe Posnanski that tells the story of the sport through the remarkable lives of its 100 greatest players. In the book’s introduction, Pulitzer Prize-winning commentator George F. Will marvels, “Posnanski must already have lived more than 200 years. How else could he have acquired such a stock of illuminating facts and entertaining stories about the rich history of this endlessly fascinating sport?”

Follow author Robert Whiting (The Chrysanthemum and the Bat, You Gotta Have Wa, Tokyo Underworld) as he watches Tokyo transform during the 1964 Olympics, rubs shoulders with the Yakuza and comes face to face with the city’s dark underbelly, interviews Japan’s baseball elite after publishing his first best-selling book on the subject, and learns how politics and sports collide to produce a cultural landscape unlike any other, even as a new Olympics is postponed and the COVID virus ravages the nation.

When Sports Illustrated was launched in 1954, baseball was, indisputable, the national pastime, its stars America's epic heroes, its rivalries the era's mythology. As baseballs fortunes rose and fell over the next 50 years - and then rose again to new heights, drawing more than 65 million fans to ballparks in 2004 - the game never failed to produce great drama and inspired storytelling.

When Ball Four was published in 1970, it created a firestorm. Bouton was called a Judas, a Benedict Arnold and a “social leper” for having violated the “sanctity of the clubhouse.” Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn tried to force Bouton to sign a statement saying the book wasn’t true. Ballplayers, most of whom hadn’t read it, denounced the book. It was even banned by a few libraries. Almost everyone else, however, loved Ball Four.

History, highlights and everything going on in the world of the NABF.

Join Jack Greiner and Randy Freking and their guests for a podcast devoted to the Cincinnati Reds. They will answer the existential question of why so many people love the Reds or as the song goes, why are so many people batty about Cincinnati? Our podcast will feature Reds fans from far and wide. Our guests will include well known people who are Reds fans, including authors who have written books about the Reds, celebrities who are long time Reds fans, social media Influencers, and other other personalities. GO REDS!

"Dirt on the Diamond" goes beyond the box scores, offering a genuine and entertaining perspective on the rollercoaster of emotions that define a player's journey. Whether you're a devoted baseball fan or someone fascinated by the personal narratives of athletes, our podcast promises an authentic exploration of the funny, brutal, and often unpredictable facets of life in the sports world.

Join SABR Members Evan Katz and Bruce McClure as they get together to discuss Evan's experiences in the "entry level of baseball". You won't want to miss the tales from the road as the 2024 Pecos League season unfolds. The Pecos League is an independent baseball league which operates in cities in desert mountain regions throughout Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Evan Katz grew up in Brookline, two miles from Fenway Park, in the 1960s and quickly learned the emotional highs and lows of being a Red Sox fan. After a long career in public ...

A conversational podcast focused on sports and its role in our lives. Join me, Noelle Posner, as I chat with athletes, media personalities and fans alike to see the everyday impact that sports can have on daily life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Dirt on the Diamond" goes beyond the box scores, offering a genuine and entertaining perspective on the rollercoaster of emotions that define a player's journey. Whether you're a devoted baseball fan or someone fascinated by the personal narratives of athletes, our podcast promises an authentic exploration of the funny, brutal, and often unpredictable facets of life in the sports world.

College Baseball weekly recap. Covering all the news and highlights in college baseball.

Step into the boardrooms of baseball businesses with The Pitch Podcast. Join host Eric Wubbena as he delves into the stories behind the brands, exploring the inception, growth, and future aspirations of the entrepreneurs shaping the baseball industry. From innovative startups to seasoned enterprises, each episode uncovers the challenges, triumphs, and visions propelling these businesses forward. If you're curious about the business side of baseball, The Pitch Podcast offers an insider's perspective on the game behind the game.

Comedians and Best Buds/Lovable Idiots Juan Forno and Jordi Bott discuss all things Seattle Mariners. Nothing about what these two say is serious and yet major lifelong fans with great insight into the only MLB team in the PNW! (Sucks to suck Portland..... but not actually we really hope you get a team).

Welcome to the Cubs Corner! I'm your host Anthony Pasquale, a journalism major from the University of Illinois, baseball announcer and lifelong Cubs fan. This is what you get when you mix the three, enjoy!

What has Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto and will probably still upgrade at the trade deadline? The Dodgers spent heavily and the league is crying a river. But we're not. We love being the villain, and Checkbook Baseball brings you Dodgers highlights, lowlights (if any ever happen again), strategy, injury news, farm reports, and whatever else the Boys in Blue can fire our way! Checkbook Baseball is hosted by Dan Besbris, a lifelong Dodger fan (and avid proponent of Farmer John wieners and beef franks). Perhaps better known for his fantasy basketball acumen, Dan also worked in minor league...

The New York Yankees have had many historical seasons in their long history. Step back into the Summer of 1956 with this narrative based exploration of that season, going in depth to analyze the season week by week, series by series, game by game.

Waite "Schoolboy" Hoyt's improbable baseball journey began when the 1915 New York Giants signed him as a high school junior, for no pay and a five-dollar bonus. Based on a trove of Hoyt's writings and interview transcripts, Tim Manners has reanimated the baseball legend's untold story, entirely in Hoyt's own words. Over his twenty-three-year professional baseball career, Hoyt won 237 big league games across 3,845 2/3 innings—and one locker room brawl with Babe Ruth. He writes at length about the art of pitching and how the game and its players changed—and didn't—over his lifetime.