These people, teams, plays, and eras of the game of baseball that may not be in the Hall of Fame but are significant enough to have influenced the game. The actions and events have changed baseball enough that we rememebr them here as legends, legacy, and maybe even in infamy, but historic all the same.
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Double Day Myth
April 2, 1907 - The Baseball Powers of the era of baseball fans to learn the history of the game. Thus, the Mills Commission was created to determine who invented the baseball game. Spearheaded by the third President of the National League, Abraham Mills, they looked to find out and memorialize the origins of baseball. At the urging of A. G. Spalding, a baseball man who founded a sporting goods empire, a Civil War hero, Abner Doubleday was erroneously connected as the founder of the National Pastime.
Christopher Von der Ahe
The Baseball Hall of Fame website wrote a great piece on early St Louis Browns' owner Christopher Von der Ahe. The immigrant grocer who bought the stadium and later the Browns team to aid his nearby grocery store in sales was a key figure in stadium concessions and playing ball on Sundays. Author J. Daniels expounds on the bio of this legend in his book Suds Series.
March 26th in 1980s Baseball
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Biography sketch on Chris von der Ahe
This local St Louis businessman grew a baseball franchise, the St Louis Cardinals from the original St Louis Browns team, originally to supplement his local grocery store sales. The Browns later became the St Louis Perfectos (1899) and then the St Louis Cardinals (1900). Christopher Von der Ahe
Alfonso Soriano
Alfonso Guilleard Soriano (born January 7, 1976) is a Dominican former professional baseball left fielder and second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals, and Chicago Cubs
Alec Mills
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SABR bio of Graig Nettles
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Cy Young Baseball Legend
Cy Young left a legacy as a pitcher that is unlikely to ever be matched. The right-hander won 511 games during his tenure in baseball, almost 100 more than ...
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