Recently added articles from The Baseball Research Journal:
Note from the editor.
Jun 22, 2009; ... "There are no facts, only interpretations," wrote Nietzsche. The Society for American Baseball Research is founded on the principle that he's wrong about that. And that's a fact. We start from the premise that point of view doesn't matter. If the first-base umpire calls it fair, so it is ....
Hitting streaks and psychology.(Correspondence)(Letter to the editor)
Jun 22, 2009; ... I am writing this in response to Trent McCotter's piece on hitting streaks ("Hitting Streaks Don't Obey Your Rules: Evidence That Hitting Streaks Aren't Just By-Products of Random Variation," BRJ 2008). I want to begin by commending Trent on this fine piece of work. In short, a series of ...
Frazee's friendship with Lindbergh.(Correspondence)(Letter to the editor)
Jun 22, 2009; ... In their discussion of Ban Johnson's often contentious relationship with Harry Frazee, the authors of "History versus Harry Frazee: Re-revising the Story" (BRJ 2008) express their doubts that it stemmed from a false belief on Johnson's part that Frazee was a Jew. To support their view, ...
"When fans wanted to rock, the baseball stopped": sports, promotions, and the demolition of disco on Chicago's South Side.(Report)
Jun 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHILE the winter chill still held Chicago in its grip, longtime White Sox fan and season ticket holder Dan Ferone informed Chicago White Sox management that he had decided to cancel his season tickets. Soon afterward, Mike Veeck, promotions director of the ...
The tale of the three Tobins.(John Thomas, John Martin, and John Lawrence Tobin)
Jun 22, 2009; ... THREE players named John Tobin played pro baseball, each at some time during the early 1930s. John Thomas Tobin's playing record is well documented. He had a 13-year major-league career, mostly with the St. Louis Browns. He led the Federal League in hits in 1915 and the American ...