This is the grave of Red Faber. Born in rural Iowa, outside of the town of Cascade, in 1888, Urban "Red" Faber grew up in an upwardly mobile family. His father, an immigrant from Luxembourg, started as a farmer but then became a bartender and...
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This is the grave of Tommy Hanson. Born in 1986 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Hanson grew up in Redlands, California. He was a star high school baseball pitcher, though he didn't.
This is the grave of Candy Jim Taylor. Born in Anderson, South Carolina in 1884, James Taylor, better known as Candy Jim, played baseball. So did his brothers. This athletic.
This is the grave of Hank Aaron. Born in 1934 in Mobile, Alabama, Aaron grew up in the Black working class. His father was a shipyard welder, when he could find work, but before World War II, there wasn't much. Aaron grew up spending most...
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This is the grave of Minnie Miñoso. Born in Perico, Cuba, it's only possible that Miñoso was born in 1924 as it says here. Evidence from Cuba suggests 1923 or.
www.allproreels.com -- Washington Nationals vs Philadelphia Phillies, at Nats Park, Washington DC, May 13th, 2021 Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred is pushing a massive line of anti-union bullshit, arguing to players that they are losing money by not agreeing to a salary cap. This...
This is the grave of Pants Rowland. Born in 1878 in Platteville, Wisconsin, Clarence Rowland loved baseball from the time he was a child. He earned the nickname "Pants" because.
This is the grave of Old Hoss Radbourne (often spelled without the "e" at the end, but I am keeping it for this post). Born in 1854 in Rochester, New.
This is the grave of Charles Comiskey. Born in 1859 in Chicago, Comiskey grew up in the early Illinois elite. His dad was a long time Irish-American city councilperson, though seems to have been at least sometimes in odds with the Democratic political machine and...
What if the beaning death of Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman by Yankees pitcher Carl Mays in 1920 was part of an occult plan to make the Yankees the dominant franchise.
A weird weekend with two of the most inexplicable trades ever. The most egregious was the Red Sox shipping Rafael Devers to the Giants for a bunch of whatever. I.