After more than 3,000 plate appearances in the Minor Leagues, Eddys Leonard has his first MLB hit! 😄

Listen to highlights from Bob Kendrick’s fireside chat with Stephanie Liscio at SABR 54 on Negro Leagues baseball history in Cleveland: sabr.org/latest/sabr-...

Sixty years ago today, someone threw a rock at Martin Luther King Jr., hitting him in the neck, during a march in Marquette Park. Here’s a Tribune story by @chicagorumormill.bsky.social looking back at the history: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/30/v...

meeting reminder - Thursday, August 13 @ 8p ET / 5p PT Guest speaker Jay Wigley is the author of How Retrosheet Saved Baseball History, a comprehensive history of the organization that works to save the play-by-play of every game in #MLB history. Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #SABR

Eighty-two years ago Tommy Brown, a 16-year-old shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers debuted against the Chicago Cubs. Here’s my story from SABR’s book about great games at Ebbets Field. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...

@byalexcoffey.bsky.social is a second-gen sportswriter known for her work for The Athletic and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Coffey tells how sportswriter Melissa Ludtke's 1977 lawsuit won female journalists equal access to locker rooms and expanded opportunities for women in sports media.

Cubs beat Dodgers, 5-1, in Tarik Skubal's LAD debut. Javier Assad, Ryan Rolison, Tyler Ferguson, Ryan Zeferjahn & Jacob Webb combine to limit Dodgers to 4 hits. Dansby Swanson (HR), Nico Hoerner (HR & RBI 1B), Seiya Suzuki (RBI 1B) & PCA (RBI 1B) lead offense. Cubs (65-49) go for sweep tomorrow.

Cookie Monster's Take Me Out To The Ballgame

A stellar performance by Javier Assad, who held the Dodgers to 1 ER in 5.2 IP with Tarik Skubal on the mound for LA. Since July 4, the Cubs rotation has a 2.85 ERA, which is 2nd in MLB during that span. And without Taillon's two starts included, the rotation owns a 2.31 ERA

Nico Hoerner puts the Cubs ahead with a HIGH chopper 😯

For future reference — only 4 players are known to have hit a home run in their first major-league at-bat after ALSO hitting one in their first minor-league at-bat: Ed Sanicki (1949 Phillies), Ted Tappe (1950 Reds), Bob Tillman (1962 Red Sox), and Will Clark (1986 Giants). sabr.org/dazzling-deb...

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George Lombard Sr. is at Yankee Stadium tonight to watch his son George Lombard Jr. make his Major League debut. But he’s also keeping an eye on his other son Jacob, who homered in his first ever Minor League game!

Dansby Swanson crushes a homer deep into the bleachers!

Matt Olson will play his 895th consecutive game today, dating to 5/2/21, tying the 8th-longest streak in MLB history

I wonder if yesterday was the first time two No. 1 picks in the MLB Draft were traded on the same day (Casey Mize, Adley Rutschman)?

Can’t believe it’s taken me this long to get down to Wrigley for a game this season. In my defense, I’ve been to a LOT of other ballgames so far: little league, high school, NCAA, summer college, Women’s World Cup, vintage ball …

Here's a @chicagoreader.com story by by @backwardsriver.bsky.social: The maverick at the center of Chicago’s 1918 flu response Meet Dr. John Dill Robertson, the “utterly unqualified” head of the Chicago Health Department chicagoreader.com/city-life/th...

The maverick at the center of Chicago’s 1918 flu response - Chicago Reader

Meet Dr. John Dill Robertson, the "utterly unqualified" head of the Chicago Health Department

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research has actually become a lot harder now that google doesn't really recognize booleans anymore

RIP to the famous magnolia tree that once stood in the outfield of Ponce de Leon Park. It fell down within the last day or so, evidently. It was more than 160 years old. Here are a few photos from a SABR Magnolia outing in 2022. Yes, this is the tree that gave the Atlanta chapter its name.

Andrew Mearns@mearns.bsky.social · yesterday

noooo the Old Poncey tree fell :( @buckweaver.bsky.social @rdavidk.bsky.social @ripmlb.bsky.social

New blog entry: Nine New Things I Learned at #SABR54 ! It's been a few years since I wrote one of these lists of cool things from a SABR convention. whyilikebaseball.com...

Now I’m curious how many homers have made it all the way to Waveland in the current bleacher configuration. When I was a kid, it happened all the time … but there were no people in that spot.

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My goodness, Teoscar Hernández just crushed a 443-foot homer onto Waveland Avenue

Six years ago, I wrote this article about cup-of-coffee New York Yankee and longtime minor-league manager Frank Verdi, who once took a bullet to the head in Cuba. This morning, I received an email from a relative thanking for me for the time I put into it. Made my day. sabr.org/bioproj/pers...

Lake forever, dirty trees for now.

full 82-minute feature now up on patreon: THE HISTORY OF CHARGING THE MOUND ROBIN VENTURA VS. NOLAN RYAN www.patreon.com/SecretBase/p...

FULL EPISODE: ROBIN VENTURA VS. NOLAN RYAN. | Secret Base

NOTE: If you've already seen the first part of this episode that was posted last month, feel free to skip to about the 44:00 mark to pick up

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Members who missed the fun in Cleveland can still receive a 2026 Burdick Award card featuring Gary Cieradkowski. Head to the blog for details.

SABR 54 Cards Committee Recap

As seems to be the case every year, the annual SABR convention was an absolute blast! For any event of this magnitude, much of the success is the result of hard work, careful planning, and talented…

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#OTD in 1917 one of the greatest ballplayers you’ve never heard of was born in Greenwood, MS. Here is my article on his groundbreaking 1952 season as the first Black player in Texas League history. sabr.org/journal/arti...

If you live in Philadelphia, I'm teaching a free class (with free stickers!!) on how to score a baseball game at Val's Lesbian bar next tuesday! Please come!

I wrote about the launch of the WPBL and the #SABR54 watch party of the opening game. whyilikebaseball.com/wpbl-opening...

"They may not be able to play a lick, but they're sure good people." - Maybelle Blair talking about the Mets, who sent a plane to fly her out for the WPBL's opening weekend.

Austin Wells is wearing old school colored catcher's gear to honor Thurman Munson on the anniversary of his death.

1982-98 Cal Ripken Jr: 2,632 1925-39 Lou Gehrig: 2,130 1916-25 Everett Scott: 1,307 1975-83 Steve Garvey: 1,207 2000-07 Miguel Tejada: 1,152 1963-70 Billy Williams: 1,117 1922-30 Joe Sewell: 1,103 1952-57 Stan Musial: 895 2021-pres Matt Olson: 894 *active