Essays

Essays by Diggers

"A Plague Is Upon Us" by Steve Sisto

A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball by Tom Altherr

McKinstry vs. Brooklyn Daily Times by Steve Sisto

In 1862, a baseball rules dispute played out between an umpire and a Brooklyn newspaper.

Old Team Nicknames by Bruce Allardice

Peanuts, But No Cracker Jack by Bruce Allardice

Playing "Ball" In Canada In 1803 by William Humber

Rounders: A Game That "Gets No Respect" by David Block

Spirit Letters From X, 1857-8 by Bob Tholkes

A series of 14 letters to the Spirit of the Times, from "X," October 1857- January 1858

Such Tumbles, Such Collisions by Steve Sisto

The First Baseball Game In Mexico by Bruce Allardice

Towards A Definition Of Baseball by Bruce Allardice

When The Game Was Not The Thing by Bob Tholkes