Clean Living and the Spitball
That’s what Preacher Roe attributed his baseball success to in a Sports Illustrated interview that created a firestorm in public opinion.
1952 Topps
Dale Coogan’s Lone Home Run Hit the Standings Only After He Was Out of the Majors
Sometimes a game doesn’t become official for a long time. That can be quite a wait if that contest is particularly significant for a player.
Look Up In The Sky! A Bird? No, It’s Jerry Coleman!
Coleman piloted attack aircraft in two wars. He was good at it, too.
Johnny Hopp’s Three Week Brooklyn Vacation
A trade that ran afoul of MLB rules effectively loaned Johnny Hopp to the Dodgers for less than a month.
It’s Not Personal, Only Business
Leo Durocher’s mob connections were well known. Sometimes his pitchers would approach the game as if they were being sent out on a contract hit.
Playing Beisbol Got Max Lanier Banned from MLB for Half a Decade
MLB banned nearly two dozen ballplayers for joining a rival league in the 1940s. Not since the expulsion of 8 players in the Black Sox scandal of 1919 had the sport kicked out so many players.