<![CDATA[Classic Baseball: for the kid in all of us: HISTORY]]>https://www.classicbaseballworld.com/s/historyhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SG3R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3861ba1-ab32-4247-a10d-7ccad0872600_608x608.pngClassic Baseball: for the kid in all of us: HISTORYhttps://www.classicbaseballworld.com/s/historySubstackSat, 11 Apr 2026 06:52:48 GMT<![CDATA[Babe, Lou and the BoSox (1931)]]>https://www.classicbaseballworld.com/p/babe-lou-and-the-bosox-1931https://www.classicbaseballworld.com/p/babe-lou-and-the-bosox-1931Mon, 03 Mar 2025 22:32:42 GMT

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]]><![CDATA[Are you a classic era baseball fan? Take this test.]]>https://www.classicbaseballworld.com/p/are-you-a-classic-era-baseball-fanhttps://www.classicbaseballworld.com/p/are-you-a-classic-era-baseball-fanSun, 16 Feb 2025 22:16:32 GMTYankee Stadium

Marlboros and French’s for your Yankees frank

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Tiger Stadium

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The Astrodome

MLB stadiums of yesteryear we wish were still around

Jack Murphy Stadium (aka “the Murph)

Jack Murphy Stadium in the early 1990s - Picture: Jerry Reuss

Wrigley Field

Boy, I wish they hadn’t torn it down to move into that fancy new, modern stadium…oh wait…

Wrigley Field historical sleuthing: 1970s scoreboard error edition - Bleed Cubbie Blue

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]]><![CDATA[Roy White and the round knish]]>https://www.classicbaseballworld.com/p/roy-white-and-the-round-knishhttps://www.classicbaseballworld.com/p/roy-white-and-the-round-knishThu, 13 Feb 2025 02:17:21 GMTNow batting…the left fielder…number 6…Roy White…number 6

I can still hear PA announcer Bob Sheppard. He and Roy White are names that bring joy to any Yankees fan from the late 1960s and most of the 1970s. Class acts, classic baseball era legends.

And given the connection to some of best ballpark food from that time, paraphrasing Rodney Dangerfield from the movie Caddyshack, “hey Roy, don’t tell them you’re Jewish!”

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I’m out of order…no, YOU’RE out of order!

What’s that chart below about? Click to see the description from a source on X here.

Its a baseball fans’ thing, you know?

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]]><![CDATA[What a Babe Ruth home run sounded like]]>https://www.classicbaseballworld.com/p/what-a-babe-ruth-home-run-soundedhttps://www.classicbaseballworld.com/p/what-a-babe-ruth-home-run-soundedFri, 31 Jan 2025 02:29:05 GMTNothing stops my web surfing in its tracks like running into old-time baseball footage. Especially when it goes beyond the usual. This one is pretty obscure, but someone uploaded it to YouTube. And I am eternally grateful!

Here’s the Babe, and a quick story to go with it. This was an exhibition game and the date was April 7, 90 years ago. Many of remember that the baseball season didn’t start until April, versus in late March now. They only played 154 games back then, and the World Series was the only playoff round, so it was easier on both ends.

The Babe was probably a little angry at this point. The Yankees had let him go, and he still wanted to play one more season. So he returned to Boston, who traded him nearly 2 decades earlier, in the most infamous trade in baseball history. Babe’s Boston team was the Braves, perennial also-rans. He didn’t have a wonderful final season, but late in that season, he hit 3 homers in a single, legendary game.

So have a listen to the Bambino’s bat. And get excited for spring training!

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]]><![CDATA["I'm Not Crying, you're crying!" ]]>https://www.classicbaseballworld.com/p/im-not-crying-youre-cryinghttps://www.classicbaseballworld.com/p/im-not-crying-youre-cryingWed, 22 Jan 2025 23:10:06 GMTGift’s first major league game was one for the record books. He singled, and a continent cheered. Not to mention his Pittsburgh Pirates teammates. Here’s that highlight, the first of many the Africa Baseball Project is working hard to make happen. Now, and for decades to come!

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]]><![CDATA[History of Diversity in the game]]>https://www.classicbaseballworld.com/p/history-of-diversity-in-the-gamehttps://www.classicbaseballworld.com/p/history-of-diversity-in-the-gameSun, 12 Jan 2025 23:24:31 GMT

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This article from 2024 sums it up. African-American players as a percentage of Major Leaguers has declined. There are many reasons for this, including the increased popularity of other sports in the US, and a dramatically-increased global talent pool.

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The key question is not where racial diversity has been, but here is going? We’ll explore that in future articles.

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MLB Players by Country of Birth

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