“It was at St. Mary’s that I met and learned to love the greatest man I’ve ever known…He was the father I needed. He taught me to read and write, and the difference between right and wrong.” -Babe Ruth, speaking of his father figure and mentor, Brother Mathias…

“All right! Lemme hear ya! Ah-One! Ah-Two! Ah-Three…!”- Harry Caray’s famous start-up to his rendition of Take Me Out to the Ball Game

One of our readers, Pete Aman, is in the process of writing a new book, Fielders’ Choice – Life Lessons from Baseball…

Today we welcome a guest post from Kevin Barwin, sharing with us some interesting information about the origin of something we take for granted but is a pivotal element of the game: the backstop…

Just a quick reminder that guest essay submissions from our readers are always welcome here on the Baseball History Comes Alive website…

As I’ve mentioned, I’m rereading Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty, by Charles Leerhsen and I’m finding a lot of interesting information about the Georgia Peach…

I thought I’d offer you something just a little bit different today. I’ll take off my “baseball history cap” for a moment and put on my “reflections cap.”…

Here we go again. Baseball has been hit with another scandal, undoubtedly the biggest since the so-called Steroid Era…

Unlike many of today’s players, yesterday’s sluggers, including Ted Williams, were not musclebound. But they still did pretty well…

Editor’s Note: If you’re concerned about the trend today’s game is on, I urge you to read Bill Gutman’s blog post today. What Bill has uncovered in his research is unsettling and a cause for concern for all of us who love the game…

On numbers alone, former Cardinals outfielder Curt Flood does not belong in the Hall of Fame. It’s true that Flood was an excellent ballplayer…

As the great Willie Mays celebrated his 90th birthday last Thursday, the tributes and accolades rolled in from everywhere…

The one would almost be funny if it wasn’t so frightening…

It’s really an open secret, one that Major League Baseball seems to ignore. But for how long?…

Please note: As we compose new blog entries, we will now send each one out […]

Well, they’re at it again. While Major League baseball continues to be fixated on speeding up the game, they’re also finally taking heed about the lack of action…

Just recently, I wrote about baseball’s attempt to limit the length of extra-inning games by implementing the rather un-baseball-like rule of putting a runner on second base to begin the tenth inning..

When we were kids we always got excited when a ballgame went into extra innings. And why not?…

Did you ever say something off-handedly and regretted it almost before the words were out of your mouth? I know I have…

Have you ever wondered why the Philadelphia Athletics had a “white elephant” as their mascot?…

 It’s one of baseball’s magical, yet elusive numbers. So elusive that it hasn’t been achieved in 80 years, not since the great Ted Williams finished the 1941 season with a .406 batting average…

All longtime baseball fans have vivid memories of how it all started, whether it be collecting baseball cards, watching games on television, playing ball with your friends,