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Baseball Opening Day, and the Library Adds MLB History Online | Timeless | Library of Congress

By Neely Tucker, March 30, 2023

A “Bull” Durham Baseball Guide, 1911. The Baseball Publishing Co.

The following guest post was written by Peter Armenti and Darren Jones, research specialists in the Library’s Researcher and Reference Services Division.

Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack — it’s Major League Baseball’s Opening Day!

To celebrate the start of the 2023 season, the Library is pleased to announce a new digital collection: Early Baseball Publications.

The collection, which will grow over time, provides full-text digitized access to more than 120 early baseball publications.

The initial release includes a large selection of 19th- and early 20th-century annual baseball guides, including many volumes of Spalding’s Official Base Ball Guide, one of the premier baseball publications of its day. Also included are rule books, record books, scorekeeping guides and books on how to hit and play different positions.

Source: Baseball Opening Day, and the Library Adds MLB History Online | Timeless

Current Affairs, Sports

At 1-all, World Series moves to quirky Giants park – Houston Chronicle

“SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Eric Hosmer is eager to see what makes San Francisco’s waterfront ballpark unique.

“I know absolutely nothing,” the Kansas City first baseman said. “I’ve heard nothing but good things about it, the atmosphere and the energy the crowd brings. I’ve always wanted to play there.”

“I’m sure going for the first time for a World Series game, it should be fun,” he said.

Well, wait until he trips over a bullpen mound chasing a foul ball. Or a teammate loses a fly in the mist that wafts above shallow center. Or those swirling winds turn a routine popup into an all-out scramble.

Who knows? Might even get a crazy carom off that odd-shaped brick facade on the right-field wall, resulting in the first Series inside-the-park home run since 1929.”

via At 1-all, World Series moves to quirky Giants park – Houston Chronicle.

Go Giants! Should win 4-2 in six games.. 2 at home, 1 back in KC.. just a guess.. good series I hope!

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If the Leaves Are Falling, the San Francisco Giants Are Rising – NYTimes.com

“It was as if the Giants had been here before. Which they had. The Giants do not always make the playoffs, but when they do, celebrations ensue, and now they are trying to win their third World Series in five years.”

via If the Leaves Are Falling, the San Francisco Giants Are Rising – NYTimes.com.


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