by Charles Norman | Dec 23, 2023 | Baseball
The Name on the Base Jack Corbett’s best friend is Jack Corbett; his ideal, Jack Corbett; his criterion, Jack Corbett; and his hero, Jack Corbett.– Winston-Salem Twin-City Daily Sentinel, March 11, 1916 It has been said that we must judge a man by the enemies he...
by Charles Norman | Dec 23, 2023 | Baseball
Anderson Once more baseball is here. In every city and hamlet in the land eager “fans” can hardly wait for the results of the day’s games. On every vacant lot in the United States future baseball stars are quarreling over the weighty decisions of a young umpire. With...
by Charles Norman | Dec 22, 2023 | Baseball
Cap Anson and His Great Bankruptcy-Inducing Semi-Pro Ballpark What I may conclude to do in the future it is hard to say, and if I return again to my first love, baseball, it will not be as a player, but whatever I may be or whatever I may do I shall still strive to...
by Charles Norman | Dec 21, 2023 | Baseball
Chicago Chicago, when the wind from the West set in, had an unmistakable odor of burning pork.– Thomas Wolfe, Oktoberfest Between the 1885 and 1886 seasons, Cap Anson starred in a touring play called A Runaway Colt, a farce written by Charles H. Hoyt, who died...
by Charles Norman | Sep 26, 2023 | Baseball
The Chicago White Sox and the Raising of Their 1906 World Series Banner Chicago White Sox of 1906 The American League’s Chicago White Sox, known as the Hitless Wonders, upset the National League’s Chicago Cubs, featuring Tinker to Evers to Chance, in the 1906 World...
