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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on April 20, 2021April 7, 2021

When Walter Johnson tossed a coin across the Rappahannock River

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on April 17, 2021

Harry Steinfeldt: The Other Man in Baseball’s Greatest Infield

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on April 7, 2021April 7, 2021

Vern Stephens was Baseball’s First Home Run Champion Shortstop

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on March 30, 2021March 30, 2021

Gil McDougald was a Gentleman Yankee

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on February 22, 2021February 22, 2021

Bubbles & Pinky: The Catching Hargrave Brothers

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on February 9, 2021February 9, 2021

How good was George “High Pockets” Kelly?

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

The man they called “Little Honus” was baseball’s fastest player

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on January 15, 2021January 22, 2021

The Fordham Flash was one of the most influential people in baseball history

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on December 22, 2020December 15, 2020

Swinging and Spitting: The Tumultuous Baseball Career of Kid Elberfeld

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on December 15, 2020December 15, 2020

The Original Joe Cool: First Baseman Joe Kuhel of the Senators & White Sox

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on November 9, 2020November 3, 2020

Giants signed ambidextrous Japanese pitcher in 1966

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on November 2, 2020November 2, 2020

Regal hurler Tim Keefe was a New York matinee idol in the 19th century

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on September 30, 2020October 4, 2020

The “Baseball Annie” who shot a Chicago Cubs shortstop and got away with it

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on September 22, 2020

Racially motivated fight kept this pitcher out of the big leagues for years

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on August 12, 2020

When Eddie Plank’s favorite catcher died suddenly after Shibe Park was opened in Philadelphia

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on August 4, 2020August 4, 2020

Collector Spotlight: Best-Selling Author Greg Mitchell

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on August 3, 2020July 30, 2020

When a more lively baseball helped Larry Doyle become an MVP

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Cy Young Helmar card
  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on July 30, 2020July 30, 2020

Dixie Tourangeau is still solving old baseball mysteries

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Roy Campanella Helmar Polar Night
  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on July 6, 2020July 18, 2020

Roy Campanalla’s exhibition tour after the 1952 season set him up for another MVP performance

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on June 23, 2020June 24, 2020

When St. Louis mourned the death of baseball idol Pickles Dillhoefer from typhoid fever

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on June 12, 2020June 24, 2020

Bobby Lowe deserves to be remembered as one of the best infielders of the 19th century

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on June 8, 2020June 24, 2020

Minneapolis baseball hero Henri Rondeau once was teammate of Ty Cobb, got a hit off Babe Ruth

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on May 30, 2020May 30, 2020

The one-of-a-kind Hack Wilson

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on May 15, 2020May 30, 2020

The catcher who was nearly electrocuted in a major league game

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on May 5, 2020May 5, 2020

Tragedy in Oklahoma with Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on April 10, 2020April 10, 2020

The feud between John McGraw and Babe Ruth

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on March 15, 2020April 10, 2020

Card Spotlight: Jake Daubert

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on March 9, 2020April 10, 2020

From poverty to the Baseball Hall of Fame: The life and career of Bill Terry

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on February 17, 2020March 9, 2020

Adventures North of the Mason-Dixon Line: Ty Cobb’s First Game

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  • by Dan Holmes
  • Posted on December 18, 2019December 30, 2019

Ty Cobb, movie star

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