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Cleveland Indians / Guest Posts / Michael Keedy Posts / Player Spotlights August 19, 2021September 13, 2022

JIM “MUDCAT” GRANT AND A CERTAIN ”MISTER X”

I’ve learned over the years that whenever I write an essay for my website, Baseball History Comes Alive, it goes out to a wide audience. I never know exactly who it might reach or how it might affect someone…

Guest Posts / Player Passings August 6, 2021August 8, 2021

J.R. Richard, RIP

The baseball world was saddened yesterday as we learned of the passing of one of the great pitchers from the recent past, J.R. Richard…

Dead Ball Era / Guest Posts / Mark Kolier Posts April 5, 2021February 20, 2022

Reflections on the 1920 Baseball Season

People no longer need to try to imagine playing baseball during a worldwide pandemic since here we are in 2021 and that’s exactly what happened last year.

Guest Posts / Mark Kolier Posts March 25, 2021May 7, 2021

Protecting Pitchers From Line Drives

The sound of the crack of the bat. It’s a sound like no other in sports. When winter turns to spring it’s one of the harbingers of the summer game in the United States and wherever baseball is played around the world!…

Guest Posts October 25, 2020October 25, 2020

How a Native American Star Began his Career as a Japanese

Today we offer our readers something a bit different. We’re very happy to feature a second guest post from SABR member Rob Fitts. Rob is a recognized authority on Japanese baseball…

Bill Schaefer Posts / Guest Posts / Historic Events July 29, 2020October 7, 2020

TOM SEAVER INTERVIEW, PRELUDE TO A MIRACLE…AND MORE

We welcome another guest post from Bill Schaefer, giving us a first-hand account of his interview Tom Seaver back in 1969…

Dead Ball Era / Guest Posts / John McGraw / New York/ SanFrancisco Giants / Spring Training July 1, 2020July 2, 2020

Solving the Mystery of Togo Hamamoto

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Guest Posts / Hall of Fame / Player Spotlights June 14, 2020June 14, 2020

ALBERT BELLE FOR THE HALL OF FAME

Today we welcome the first guest post from Daniel McNamara. He makes an interesting case that the surly slugger, Albert Belle is Hall-of-fame worthy based on his performance between the white lines…

Guest Posts / St Louis Browns / Team Photos / World Series March 19, 2020March 20, 2020

Were the 1953 St. Louis Browns Almost the Milwaukee Brewers??

In March 1953, only weeks before the season’s opening, Boston Braves owner Lou Perini revealed that the team would be transferred to Milwaukee…

Guest Posts / New York Yankees / Spring Training February 23, 2020February 23, 2020

Guest Post: Spring Training at Fort Lauderdale Stadium

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Guest Posts / Odds and Ends January 21, 2020January 22, 2020

Incredible Home Runs That Actually “Broke the Bat!”

Today we welcome a guest post from Mike Epson. Mike has chosen an interesting topic, broken-bat home runs. It’s a bit different for us at Baseball History Comes Alive!, but it’s well worth reading…

Guest Posts / Odds and Ends September 24, 2019September 25, 2019

How Fast Are Pitchers Throwing? A Look At Speed Measurement In Baseball!

Today, Matt Brown sends us something a little bit different. Matt has written an interesting essay that briefly explores the evolution of “speed measurements.” I think you’ll enjoy it…

All-Star Games / Guest Posts / Paul Doyle Posts March 6, 2019July 30, 2019

Part Two of Paul Doyle’s Posts on Baseball “Scribes.”

As some of you will remember, in Part One in his two part series on baseball scribes, Paul featured Hall-of-Fame sportswriter, Fred Lieb. Today, he takes a chapter from Lieb’s classic book, Baseball As I Have Known It, and presents Lieb’s personally selected All-Star teams from four different eras.