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Check Out this Beautiful Restoration of the Homestead Grays Team Photo!

Chris Whitehouse does some amazing work, as you can see from this beautiful color restoration of the 1939 Homestead Grays. Chris was kind enough to allow me to post it today on my Baseball History Comes Alive website...

Posted on: July 30, 2023
By: Gary Livacari
With: 7 Comments

My Journey to Find the “Eight Men Out”

Today we welcome a guest essay from Peter Wilt. Peter is a man after my own heart: just as I do, he has an ongoing interest in the Black Sox scandal...

Posted on: June 2, 2023
By: Gary Livacari
With: 7 Comments

“Deep Dive” Into the Black Sox Scandal: 1919 Cincinnati Reds – Talk About Being Overshadowed!

Today I’ll continue my weekly “deep dive” into the Black Sox scandal with a look at the 1919 Cincinnati Reds, a strong team completely overshadowed by the events of the scandal...

Posted on: October 12, 2022
By: Gary Livacari
With: 5 Comments

Michael Keedy’s Top-Ten Greatest World Series Catches! No. Nine: Joe Rudi, 1972

Joe Rudi's spectacular World Series grab happened in Game Two, played on October 14, 1972, and whether it "saved" the first of Oakland's three consecutive world championships is open to debate among baseball scholars...

Posted on: October 7, 2022
By: Gary Livacari
With: 7 Comments

“Field of Dreams” Game Brings 1919 Black Sox Scandal Back Into Focus

I’ve always found it interesting that many of the eyewitnesses to the 1919 World Series apparently saw something completely different than what has become accepted as the conventional wisdom...

Posted on: August 12, 2022
By: Gary Livacari
With: 10 Comments

A MEMORABLE DAY AT YANKEE STADIUM

Bill Schaefer returns today with personal remenensences about a game he attended with his dad at Yankee stadium way back in 1946...

Posted on: February 25, 2022
By: Gary Livacari
With: 8 Comments

Back Into The Dead Ball Era: The 1912 New York Giants!

"In playing or managing, the game of ball is only fun for me when I'm out in front and winning. I don't give a [hill of beans] for the rest of the game." -John McGraw...

Posted on: October 15, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 8 Comments

A Baseball Babe “Four Bagger!” Babe Adams

In recent days, I’ve written about “Babe” Ruth, “Babe” Dahlgren, and “Babe” Herman. Thanks to one of the readers who suggested I make it a Babe “Four Bagger” by including “Babe” Adams, the rookie hero of the 1909 World Series...

Posted on: July 9, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 6 Comments

1932 New York Yankees

Check out this great team photo of the 1932 World Series Champion Yankees, beautifully restored/colorized by the very talented artist, Chris Whitehead of Mancave photos...

Posted on: November 21, 2020
By: Gary Livacari
With: 1 Comment

The 2020 World Series and the 1914 World Series Have Something In Common!

Before we turn the page on another baseball season, dysfunctional as this one was, I want to point out an interesting similarity I discovered between Game Four of the 2020 World Series between the Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays and Game Three of the 1914 World Series...

Posted on: October 28, 2020
By: Gary Livacari
With: 7 Comments

1906 White Sox “Hitless Wonders” Start 19-Game Winning Streak!

One hundred fourteen years ago this week, the 1906 “Hitless Wonders” White Sox started a 19-game winning streak...

Posted on: August 5, 2020
By: Gary Livacari
With: 0 Comments

“Shufflin’ Phil” Douglas and the 1918 Pennant-Winning Cubs

I always used to designate 1918 as the most dysfunctional year in baseball history, but I'm afraid this year, 2020, will now hold that dubious distinction...

Posted on: July 18, 2020
By: Gary Livacari
With: 4 Comments

June 13th Was A Lucky Day For Christy Mathewson!

Who says the number 13 is unlucky? I doubt Christy Mathewson would agree with that old adage. “Big Six” recorded two career milestone victories on June 13th...

Posted on: June 13, 2020
By: Gary Livacari
With: 6 Comments

Forgotten Silence: 1917 World Series Champion White Sox No-Hit Twice In a Row!

The Chicago White Sox enjoyed a banner season in 1917, one of the best in franchise history...

Posted on: May 13, 2020
By: Gary Livacari
With: 0 Comments

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...

Posted on: March 19, 2020
By: Gary Livacari
With: 1 Comment

1927 Yankees: Spring Training in St. Petersburg, Florida

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Posted on: February 16, 2020
By: Gary Livacari
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Back Into the Dead Ball Era We Go! The 1901 Pittsburg Pirates!

Thanks to our crack baseball researcher, Don Stokes, for uncovering this neat pic of the 1901 National League champion Pittsburg Pirates (without the “h”!)...

Posted on: February 4, 2020
By: Gary Livacari
With: 3 Comments

Let’s Revisit the 1933 World Series

“What had unfolded in the ’33 Series was no mystery. Clearly good pitching had stopped good hitting.” –The Sporting News, 1933...

Posted on: October 27, 2019
By: Gary Livacari
With: 0 Comments

What’s Unique About this 1929 Cubs’ Team Photo??

Check out this neat photo of the 1929 National League pennant-winning Cubs. There’s a lot of familiar names in there...

Posted on: August 20, 2019
By: Gary Livacari
With: 4 Comments

Baseball Oddities: Career Home Run Record holders!

Here’s a real baseball oddity that I’ll bet you never thought about: Since 1895, 124 years ago, there have been only four players to hold the career home run record!

Posted on: June 11, 2019
By: Gary Livacari
With: 2 Comments

Another Look at the Black Sox Scandal: Sportswriter Hugh Fullerton’s “Seven Suspicious Plays”

Those of you who read my last post on the 1919 Black Sox scandal, “Is It Time To Take Another Look?” will remember I tried to offer up some “food for thought” in that post...

Posted on: June 4, 2019
By: Gary Livacari
With: 0 Comments

The 1919 World Series: Did the White Sox Lose…or Did the Reds Win?

This year’s World Series will mark the 100th anniversary of the famed Black Sox scandal, in which eight (really six) members of the Chicago White Sox conspired with gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds.

Posted on: February 9, 2019
By: Gary Livacari
With: 3 Comments

Overseas Invasion Service Expedition (OISE) All-Stars, 1945 – Maybe baseball’s best story from World War II

While World War II was racially segregated among the fighting troops, one U.S. Army baseball team was not as…

Posted on: October 30, 2018
By: Ron Bolton
With: 2 Comments

Congratulations to the Red Sox and to the Entire Red Sox Nation!

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Posted on: October 30, 2018
By: Gary Livacari
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Let’s Stay in the Dead Ball Era! Vintage Photo of 1913 White Sox in Front of Hotel Oakland!

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Posted on: June 9, 2018
By: Gary Livacari
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My Review of “Falling In Love with Baseball” by Chris “Mavo” Mavraedis

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Posted on: April 3, 2018
By: Gary Livacari
With: 6 Comments

We’re Contacted by Descendant of Dead Ball Era Slugger, “Socks” Seybold!

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Posted on: March 25, 2018
By: Gary Livacari
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Back to the Dead Ball Era We Go! 1918 Cubs!

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Posted on: January 17, 2018
By: Gary Livacari
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