A Manly Pastime - A Baseball History Blog

Over the past few years, I’ve shared some stories that were first published in the Chicago Daily News'  "My Biggest Baseball Day...

Some words have meanings beyond their literal definition.  In baseball's case, it's "Opening Day" - two words that mean fa...

Yesterday, Carol and I attended the funeral of my cousin Peg Shubnell who died on Thanksgiving Day at age 89.   Peg was a wonderful person w...

    A DOG'S FIRST MLB GAME My name is Homer.  I think my Pawrents named me that because my Dad hit a lot of home runs when they got me. ...

A few weeks ago, I enjoyed watching Sophie Zinn and her teammates play softball.  I did have one problem though. I couldn't understand w...

After a devastating loss, teams typically want to get back on the field as soon as possible to seek redemption.  Few losses in baseball hist...

What makes a baseball game so memorable that it lives in baseball history for years, if not forever. First of all, it must be important.  Ma...