Imagine going to a Major League Baseball game with family and friends. You watch eagerly from the stands as the home team takes on a rival team.
RUBE WADDELL WAS ONE BASEBALL'S GREATEST PITCHERS AND WILDEST PEOPLE
Imagine going to a Major League Baseball game with family and friends. You watch eagerly from the stands as the home team takes on a rival team. You grab snacks from the concession stand and settle in donning your favorite fitted cap. The game is a close one. The bases are loaded. The score is tied. The batter stands firmly planted at the plate waiting for a windup pitch that never comes.
1901 was a landmark year in American history. In January, at Spindletop Hill, the first "Texas gusher" of oil was discovered. Then in September, Leon …
The high-five had to come from somewhere and it's only fitting that it was from a baseball player.
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Albert Spalding's need for a purely American origin, which in American fashion, needs a singular American inventor, was due to a debate raging about …