When Baseball Became a Business Harry Wright knew he could make money by putting a baseball team together. He was a ballplayer himself that once hit seven home runs in a game. He convinced a group of Ohio investors, in 1869, to finance the team and he was named manager. Wright was sure that…
I have had the good fortune to hook up with three publishing companies, Sports Publishing, University of Nebraska Press, and Triumph Books, to search their catalogs and request books to read. In exchange, I give their publicist a fair and honest review of each book. To date, I have completed nearly 50 book reviews in…
Born on April 15, 1841, Jim Creighton was baseball’s first real star and made his pitching debut with the Brooklyn Niagaras at age eighteen in 1859. He would join the Brooklyn Star Club that year and then join the Excelsior Club, in 1860, for “under the table inducements.” Although it is difficult to prove, he…
People ask me what I do in retirement. For the most part, I research baseball. The St. Louis Cardinals History became my first passion and I have produced a website of over 650 pages called History of Cardinals. I update and research that almost daily. Also, in this research, I have come across all kinds…
There are many new baseball books for your reading pleasure that are coming out in 2018. Here is a list (likely not a complete one) of the books that come out (some are out) January 1 to June 30, 2018. I will be reviewing several of them after they come out at KnupSports. Tom…
(2/26/18) Big Ten Conference Standings Indiana 6-1-0 Purdue 6-1-0 Iowa 5-1-0 Minnesota 5-2-0 Nebraska 5-3-0 Ohio State 5-3-0 Illinois 3-3-0 Penn State 3-3-0 Maryland 3-4-0 Northwestern 2-3-0 Rutgers 2-4-0 Michigan State 2-5-0 Missouri Valley Standings Bradley 5-1 Indiana State 5-2 Missouri State 4-2 Dallas Baptist 3-3 Illinois State 3-3 Valparaiso 2-4 Southern Illinois 2-5…
(2/23/18) This is the 2nd weekend of college baseball. There have not been too many surprises among the results but there has already been one coaching firing and that was at Mississippi State. The first match-up to pay attention to is #1 Florida taking on #9 Miami. The LSU #16 faces #21 Texas at home….
(2/19/18) Here are the scores for the Top 25 teams in College Baseball from the Opening Weekend. Not that Mississippi State lost all 3 games as did Cal State Fullerton. Vanderbilt won two of three from Duke as both teams were ranked. Many will tell you not to put too much stock into the first bunch…
The Season Begins! (2/16/18) There are many fans hopeful their collegiate team will be playing in Omaha in June for the College World Series. It all starts today for most team. There are 297 teams with 10,484 players that begin their quest! Opening Weekend Matchups The first weekend of the season is difficult to judge after…
Here is a look at the Missouri Valley baseball season for 2018. They are listed in the order that the coaches select them to finish this year. The Valley website has provided the following preview: Dallas Baptist welcomes back seven position players with over 100 at-bats and 10 pitchers from a team that…