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Project Cobb makes important step forward with attainment of SABR Chartered Community status
February 2, 2010 – 7:01 am | 3 Comments
Project Cobb makes important step forward with attainment of SABR Chartered Community status

News of Project Cobb’s attainment of SABR Chartered Community status and details of what this means

Two of the four missing issues of Baseball Mercury uncovered in National Baseball Hall of Fame library
January 13, 2010 – 5:50 pm | 11 Comments
Two of the four missing issues of Baseball Mercury uncovered in National Baseball Hall of Fame library

The British baseball publication Baseball Mercury was edited by baseball historian William Morgan from 1972 until 1989. Fifty-one issues were produced in all, and the publication’s scope covered both domestic and international baseball, as well as …

The annual British Baseball Photography Competition is launched
January 11, 2010 – 7:00 am | 2 Comments
The annual British Baseball Photography Competition is launched

The British Baseball Photography Competition has been launched as a joint initiative of Project Cobb and BaseballSoftballUK

2009 GB national team history update completed
December 19, 2009 – 7:31 pm | No Comment
2009 GB national team history update completed

The 2009 update of the Great Britain national team history has just been completed, and what a historic year it was. While Great Britain had competed against a non-European country before (the United States, back …

Archive established for the origins of British team names
December 11, 2009 – 4:18 pm | No Comment
Archive established for the origins of British team names

After launching a research project on the British Baseball Federation website last month (found here), with the aim of cataloguing as many stories as possible behind British baseball teams’ names, I now have enough material …

A successful hunt for information on the 1994 independent league final
December 10, 2009 – 10:39 pm | No Comment
A successful hunt for information on the 1994 independent league final

One of the main reasons I started up the Project for the Chronicling of British Baseball (Project Cobb) was to maintain an online registry of research projects being conducted on baseball in Britain. While it …

Press coverage gained in Merseyside for Norman Wells, Sr, Sir John Moores, and the British Baseball Hall of Fame
November 17, 2009 – 8:04 pm | One Comment
Press coverage gained in Merseyside for Norman Wells, Sr, Sir John Moores, and the British Baseball Hall of Fame

With two of the three inaugural inductees into the British Baseball Hall of Fame last month being Merseyside-based (Sir John Moores and Norman Wells, Sr), this is clearly the region of the country where press …

Collection of rare British baseball programmes available online
October 27, 2009 – 9:43 pm | 6 Comments
Collection of rare British baseball programmes available online

I was contacted a few weeks back by Anthony Taylor, a British-based collector of baseball memorabilia. While his collection is focused mainly on the Major Leagues, he has developed an interest in British baseball too, …

Improvements made to Project Cobb website
October 23, 2009 – 5:30 pm | 3 Comments
Improvements made to Project Cobb website

Back in September, Matt announced his upcoming plans for BaseballGB in an interview with baseball-braniac.com. This included news of a design overhaul to make the site even more useful and enjoyable for you, the reader. After …

Kendrick, Moores, and Wells inducted into British Baseball Hall of Fame
October 13, 2009 – 12:01 am | 4 Comments
Kendrick, Moores, and Wells inducted into British Baseball Hall of Fame

The inaugural class of inductees into the British Baseball Hall of Fame (www.bbhof.org.uk) has been announced, and there are three names on the list.
Ross Kendrick
Kendrick, the stand-out player for the Great Britain team of 1938 …