Tag: books

• 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

• The Space Race

  Beginning in the mid-1950s, the Space Race produced two decades of US-Soviet rivalry as the two superpowers strove to claim mastery of space exploration. — Read on alphahistory.com/coldwar/space-race/

  Joe Thompson, PhD

  29 May 2019

  history, travel

  1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, books, history, movies, politics, space, television, World War II

• The dark side: The secret world of sports doping | News | Al Jazeera

  I’m currently reading Eddie Dominguez’s book about baseball’s drug problems in the years following the Mitchell Report. In the book, Baseball Cop: The Dark Side of America’s Pastime, Dominguez talks about his life and baseball’s unresolved drug issues. He kept mentioning ‘the documentary’ where he appeared. After a little digging (took me less than a…

  Joe Thompson, PhD

  18 May 2019

  baseball, Baseball History, history, sports

  1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, alcohol, Baltimore, baseball, books, Boston, Chicago, drugs, Florida, gambling, giants, history, Hollywood, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, mlb, movies, national baseball hall of fame, New England, new york, PED, Pittsburgh, Royals, sports, steroids, technology, television, Texas