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Socially Distanced Field Trips with the Homestead Grays
Picture it: It’s the fall of 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly all aspects of day-to-day life. Groceries are delivered weekly and from 8:00 to 5:00 every day, my dining room table is...
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Accidental Rickwood
A recent work trip took me to Alabama…Prattville, specifically. If you don’t know exactly where that is, you’re much like I was when it was time to book my travel. About 15 minutes north on 65 from...
View ArticleSABR Baseball Map Nomination: Eddie Gaedel Gravesite
When it comes to baseball history, most fans will recognize the name “Eddie Gaedel.” He was the little person that Bill Veeck sent to the plate on August 19, 1952 for the St. Louis Browns. Paid $100...
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Are we there yet?
Along with my son and a good friend from high school, I had some time to kill in Pasadena. Well, what does a SABR member do with time on his hands and a rental car? Consult the SABR Baseball Map of...
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Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood
I was fortunate enough to spend the start of July in one of the world’s great cities, Montreal, home to the Expos from 1969 to 2004. Of course the baseball history (and baseball card history!) of...
View ArticleLandmarks Committee Votes to Add Sites to SABR Baseball Map
The Landmarks Committee held its inaugural election in 2023 to select three new sites to be added to the SABR Baseball Map. SABR members nominated over 30 sites that were not otherwise eligible for...
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Beneath the Earth, Above the Stars: Cy Young Rests in Peoli
My wife and I are cruising along the rolling hills of eastern Ohio, some 50 miles south of Canton and a hundred miles east of Columbus. This is Amish country, the farmhouses close to the winding...
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Connie Mack’s favorite intersection in Illinois
Along Route 20, right as you pass the sign for Udina (you-DINE-ah), an unincorporated community right past Elgin, you arrive at an intersection which raised my eyebrows. As I made the left onto Plank...
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Long Island, a Bastion of Baseball History
If you’re reading about SABR Landmarks research projects, you undoubtedly love seeing historical roadside markers. The more specific and local, the better. George Washington slept here. Teddy...
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Les is More…
(than I expected to find in Streamwood, IL) From 2018 until about a month ago, I lived in Streamwood, Illinois. It’s about 35 miles from Chicago, with Elgin to the West and Schaumburg to the East....
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Great Ball Games and Better Memories at Indiana’s League Stadiums
2022 year marked the 30th anniversary of the highest grossing baseball film of all time, A League of Their Own. Countless screenings were held and other events were scheduled to celebrate this...
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Hank Aaron’s Mobile: See It While You Can!
A wedding brought my family to Mobile, Alabama, for the weekend. While time did not permit many baseball adventures, we did carve out just enough of a Saturday morning to check out two landmarks of...
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Grave Hunting Adventure in Oregon (with an Unexpected Surprise)
By: Adam J. Ulrey Looking for Baseball Graves and there was a surprise I wasn’t expecting… It was a beautiful 75 degree day in Oregon and a perfect day to go grave hunting. I set out in the morning...
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Between the Moon and New York City
I’ll admit when I think of the Landmarks Committee and the SABR Baseball Map, what I love most is the mapping and chronicling of the obscure, out of the way spots that–like the brush dabs of a...
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