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Eras
From the Dead-Ball Era to the modern game
The 1998 Home Run Chase Saved Baseball (and Then Destroyed It)
May 17, 2026
In the summer of 1998, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa chased Roger Maris's home run record. The chase revived a sport still recovering from the 1994 strike. Within a decade, nearly all of it was tainted by performance-enhancing drugs.
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Babe Ruth Changed Everything
May 17, 2026
Before Babe Ruth, baseball was a game of singles, bunts, and stolen bases. After Ruth, it was a game of home runs. He changed the economics of the sport, the strategy of the game, and the relationship between baseball and the public.
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When Baseball Went Coast to Coast
May 17, 2026
The Dodgers and Giants left New York after the 1957 season, breaking Brooklyn's heart and bringing major league baseball to the West Coast. The moves transformed a regional sport into a national one.
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Abner Doubleday Didn't Invent Baseball
May 17, 2026
The Doubleday creation myth was manufactured by a commission with a predetermined conclusion, built on a single uncorroborated letter, and debunked within years. Baseball was not invented. It evolved.
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When Pitchers Ruled the Diamond
May 11, 2026
During the Dead-Ball Era, pitchers worked under conditions that will never be replicated. Dirty baseballs, legal trick pitches, and the expectation of finishing what you started produced statistics that look like misprints today.
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The 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, Baseball's First Fully Professional Team
April 25, 2026
When Cincinnati paid every player on its roster in 1869, baseball crossed from club recreation into a professional entertainment business.
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