A “Deep Dive” Into the Old Reliable Baseball Box score!

Today, Vince Jankoski returns with an interesting “deep dive” into the origins and evolution of the baseball box score. Starting with Henry Chadwick, who first developed the box score in the 1880s, we learn how it has adapted to all the changes that have taken place over the years, and how much more efficient it is than box scores from other sports…

Vern Stephens: The Most Ignored Great Shortstop

Today Mark Kolier features another forgotten star from an earlier era, Vern Stephens. I was somewhat familiar with him from my work identifying ballplayers in the Leslie Jones Boston Public Library Baseball Collection, in which he showed up frequently. After reading Mark’s essay, I now know he was a much better ballplayer than I realized and certainly deserves consideration for the Hall of Fame…

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