Not one of Dr. J’s dunks, jumpers, assists or rebounds from the ABA are in the pro hoops record books. Neither are his two championships with the New York Nets. 🏆🏆 That ain’t right! 😤 Retweet this if you want to see ABA stats included in pro hoops history! ❤️🤍💙

We do abhor unmediated experiences, don't we?

"If They Staged Baseball in Motion Picture Fashion," by Ellison Hoover, Motion Picture Classic, April 1926.

William Cauldwell, baseball's first reporter; at Our Game. ourgame.mlblogs.com/pioneers-willi…

Having published yesterday a story about pioneer William Cauldwell, I wondered: what was the game's FIRST play-by-play? Here, transcribed from his Sunday Mercury of July 25, 1858. SABR @mlb @retrosheet Tom Thress Tangotiger 🍁 Mike Teevan (((Cory Schwartz))) ourgame.mlblogs.com/baseballs-firs…

I just whipped this up, reprinting an interview with catcher Chet "Pinch" Thomas in the November 1920 issue of Baseball Magazine. Thanks to Andrew Aronstein for sharing the Thompson photos of Ruth. ourgame.mlblogs.com/babe-ruth-the-…

Chet Lemon is one of my all-time favorite White Sox players. Today, he can’t walk or speak. A heartbreaking story of a man who was larger than life and is a hero to so many others. freep.com/story/sports/c…

Johnny Gaudreau and brother Matthew have died after being struck by a car while biking near their hometown in New Jersey on the eve of their sister's wedding: apnews.com/article/johnny…

Casey Stengel's notes for his National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⚾ induction speech, 1966. “There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.” “I had many years that I was not so successful as a ball player, as it is a game of skill.”

Forty years ago, in 1984, prompted by "The Hidden Game of Baseball," The New York Times starts publishing a weekly box with a new statistic: On-base plus slugging percentage (OPS), which the NYT at first called "Power Factor." Tangotiger 🍁

Dave Kindy has written a fine story for NationalGeographic about Babe Ruth's "called shot" and the recent auction of his photo-matched jersey (for $24 million). I am in it a bit, and so is my eldest son, no longer a kid. Jed Heritage Auctions Mike Teevan nationalgeographic.com/history/articl…

A charter ballpark of the National League's first season, 1876: Red Stocking park in St. Louis.

The reverend said “dignity” with reverence and emphasis — “Dig. Ni. Ty.” — with each syllable pointed, as if to poke you and remind you of the word’s seriousness. In the Negro Leagues, “We played to entertain people and to hold onto the dignity of our profession,” Rev. Bill

Craig Brown, whose website is remarkably fascinating, has tackled this question: what did the 1849 uniform of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club--the game's very first--look like? threadsofourgame.com/1849-knickerbo…

Next in the Pioneers series: James E. Brunson III, a scholar beyond baseball. ourgame.mlblogs.com/pioneers-james…

With the Mets on a winning streak, I am thinking of September 20, 1973, when I was at Shea for this astounding play. In the top of the 13th, the Pirates' Dave Augustine doubled but the ball bounced off the top of the wall. Watch the rest. mlb.com/video/mets-bal…