Central Illinois has had many major league baseball players in history. Let’s look at them from the 12 counties that we have selected to become Central Illinois. (Logan, McLean, DeWitt, Knox, Woodford, Fulton, Peoria, Mason, Tazewell, Cass, Morgan, Sangamon) Allyn McClellan Stout born in Peoria, Illinois on October 31, 1904 MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT May…
This is about the 3rd commissioner of baseball Ford C. Frick.
The full title of this book by Joe Bonomo is “No Place I Would Rather Be; Roger Angell and a Life in Baseball Writing”. This 223-page book was published on May 1, 2019, by the University of Nebraska Press. Those that are baseball fans are fully aware of the writings by Roger Angell as he…
This book delves into the social issue of how sports mascots are viewed and how they are insensitive to some groups including the Native Americans.
Part One- – Judge Kenesaw Landis A.B. “Happy” Chandler After the first commissioner of baseball, Judge Kenesaw Landis died on November 25, 1944, a new one was needed. Leslie O’Connor was named as the interim commissioner until a permanent replacement could be named. Many felt the job would easily go to O’Connor. After all,…
There are many characters of the baseball world and Rube Waddell was certainly one of them. To add to his legacy, he was born on Friday the 13th and died on April Fools day It was all the stuff between there that made Waddell a character. At 6’1″ and almost 2oo lbs., he was a…
This is a book about the 1985 baseball season in the City of New York and how the fans of the Mets and Yankees fought for supremacy.
This story begins on October 24, 1871, with the birth of Louis Sockalexis. He was a member of the Penobscot Indian tribe in Maine. He grew to be six feet tall and had a muscular build in which he would use to become a spectacular athlete in his youth. He was the best athlete among…
UPDATE: All Book Reviews have been moved to our site, KnupSports HERE. It is my hope to read each of these books this year along with some new ones from 2018. I am fortunate enough to have two publishers that are sending me copies of books about to be released. I will add them…
“Let’s Play Two: The Life and Times of Ernie Banks” By Doug Wilson This book covers a full gamut of the life of Ernie Banks. It is interesting to get a deeper understanding of his life in and around Dallas as a player and more importantly in a deeply racist city that reminds black people…