THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE JUNE 1921 The championship club in Brooklyn have secured a young ballplayer from the Pacific Coast whose arrival promises to stir Bromwich Park. John Dottridge of Alhambra, California — twice acclaimed the most valuable ballplayer in the collegiate ranks — joins the borough nine after being selected sixteenth and last in…
The ballpark was spectacular, a red-brick palace to the game. Fairfax could hardly believe his eyes. It was otherworldly compared to the wooden grandstands and flaking paint of Cartwright Stadium, where he had once played. At last, a ballpark fit for the Angels. Fit for Providence. He stood before a grand doorway on the corner…
“Stubby” McHale, The South Side Sentinel “Printed for the Hands that Build St. Louis” The pop of a baseball hitting a glove, the sound of summer is upon us. Your St. Louis Beavers are already busy at work at Riverlands Field, and ready to battle those damned cross-town Reds. While the players have been busy,…
June 29, 1919 – Heerlen, Netherlands Karl Boeselager strolled up Akerstraat, past brick houses with lace curtains and geraniums in their windows. Coal dust hung in the air like a faint shadow, clinging to the cobbles and the cuffs of his trousers. Somewhere behind the row of roofs to his left, he could hear the…
NEW YORK CITY: Note to Readers: Mark “Scoop” Saltmarsh, your humble correspondent here, and today I speak with New York Kings’ players after their recent playoff series loss. History was made when the current New York Kings earned a wild card birth and trip to the LBL playoffs. Whether this chapter becomes trivial history or…
With the Changing times that came through Pittsburgh and all across the Baseball World, the Legacy Baseball League’s Pittsburgh Oilers are no different from the beating tides of change. With Tycoon John Warner purchasing the Oilers in a straight cash sale from Team Founder Chester Colfax, the Great War in Europe came to an end…
The sounds of steam, whistles, the shouts of railroad men and the usual hubbub echoed around the grand train-shed. A dry cough broke through the din now and then, drawing sideways glances from passers-by who politely pretended not to hear the wretched, heaving sound. “You cannot go. Please,” the man’s wife whispered, a great sadness…
November 1, 1918 – Veldwezelt, Belgium The night pressed close around them as Alois Boeselager trudged northward, the damp fields of Belgian Limburg stretching silent to either side. His boots were soaked, each step sinking slightly into the dark soil. Behind him, a dozen men followed in silence, their breath hanging in the cold autumn…
Thursday, August 7th, 1919. A theater-like façade — Greek pillars, ornate cornice, ballplayers engraved into the stonework. Clayton Bayman couldn’t quite comprehend what he was looking at on the paper before him. “What is this?” Providence Angels owner Leopold Boase had not been seen much around the club over the past two seasons. He had…
The air around Powers Field this summer doesn’t just smell like hot dogs and spilled soda; it carries the distinct, sweet scent of victory. For fans of the Chicago Packers, a team long defined by “wait ’til next year,” this consistent winning streak feels less like a miracle and more like the earned dividend on…