Category: baseball

• Billy Sunday | Ames Historical Society

  William Ashley (Billy) Sunday was born on his grandparents’ farm just south of Ames, Iowa, on November 19, 1862.  Martin and Mary Ann Cory settled there in 1852 on land now occupied by the Highway 30 and Duff Avenue interchange, and the old sewage treatment plant.  The Cory family cemetery is still located on that…

  Joe Thompson, PhD

  26 Jun 2019

  baseball, Baseball History, books, history

  Baltimore, baseball, books, Chicago, history, mlb, national baseball hall of fame, Pittsburgh, SABR, sports

• Major-League Stoners: Why Pro Baseball is Full of Marijuana • High Times

  Major-League Stoners: Why Pro Baseball is Full of Marijuana • High Times — Read on www.google.com/amp/s/hightimes.com/culture/major-league-stoners-why-pro-baseball-is-full-of-marijuana/amp/

  Joe Thompson, PhD

  22 Jun 2019

  baseball, Baseball History, history, sports

  alcohol, baseball, drugs, history, sports

• Sadler suspension again begs question: What kind of steroid use happened in Boston? | masslive.com

  Sadler suspension again begs question: What kind of steroid use happened in Boston? | masslive.com — Read on blog.masslive.com/redsoxmonster/2007/07/sadler_suspension_begs_questio.html

  Joe Thompson, PhD

  8 Jun 2019

  baseball, Baseball History, history

  alcohol, baseball, Boston, drugs, history, SABR, sports