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Where, Why, and When Did it Begin?Spring Training, by Gerald Garston

Like so many historical topics in baseball, the origin of spring training sparks controversy, even among experts. In an environment of competing and doubtful claims to being “the first,” we should perhaps think twice about commissioning plaques. I for one don’t understand why the Cu...


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Another story from Mark RuckerJeff Tesreau

This brief post is my old pal, Mark Rucker, with whom I have collaborated on many projects over the past four decades. As proprietor of The Rucker Archive, he has made a notable contribution to SABR (https://sabr.org/rucker-archive)...


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Conclusion to a new series that goes back, back, backThe “Broken Windows” law: Pittsfield’s 1791 prohibition,

Back in 2004 I created a bit of a stir when I announced at a press conference in Pittsfield, Massachusetts that I had discovered a mid-19th century reference to baseball being played under that name in that place in 1791. The newsworthy feature of my find was to p...


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A new series that goes back, back, backThe Laws of Baseball, drafted prior to the convention of 1857, which gave us 9 innings, 9 men, and 90-foot baselines. The original documents wll be on view at the Baseball Hall of Fame on Memorial Day weekend, 2026; courtesy of Hayden J. Trubitt.

When did baseball begin? A game called baseball (or baste-ball, or bace, or round-b...


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