The 2017 elections to the British Baseball Hall of Fame have introduced three new inductees, increasing the class to 32
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Norwich Iceni are joining the BBF leagues in 2017, the first team in Norwich since the Norwich Wanderers of 1991-1994.
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Full article: Stars of the National Baseball League’s first 10 years
by Joe Grayby Joe GraySummary A look at the best players, teams, grounds, and more from the first decade of the National Baseball League. Access the PDF Click here Please leave comments on the…
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New British baseball history book: “What about the Villa?: Forgotten figures from Britain’s pro baseball league of 1890”
by Joe Grayby Joe GrayDuring 2010, my posts on BaseballGB have been a little fewer and further between than I would have liked, but there has been a good reason. For the past 14…
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There has never been a team quite like the 1934 St. Louis Cardinals. In the dredges of the Great Depression, a group of players who chewed tobacco, played covered in dirt (resembling gas station attendants, hence the nickname) and had their own bluegrass band squeaked out a dramatic pennant and won a seven game World Series.
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Anyone interested in nineteenth century baseball will be glad to learn of a new book that comes out in the States tomorrow. ‘Fifty-nine in ’84’ by Edward Achorn tells the tale of Hall of Fame pitcher Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn
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This week’s book review looks at an excellent book dedicated to the Negro Leagues
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Full article: Albert King – A 1930s speedway fan turned baseball follower
by Joe Grayby Joe GrayGuest author Josh Chetwynd Summary This article tells the story of how a speedway fan named Albert King came to follow the West Ham Hammers in the London Major Baseball…