Origins Newsletter

SABR Origins Research Committee Newsletters

The revived Base Ball Origins Newsletter, conceived and edited by Bruce Allardice, launched in February 2021. He is assisted by Larry McCray and Steve Sisto. Links to all the newsletters 2021- can be found at the SABR website, at the link immediately below.

A Table of Contents for the newsletters is located at the bottom of this page.

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February 2021 Issue

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May 2021 Issue

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September 2021 Issue

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December 2021 Issue

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Next Destin'd Post Newsletter

2012-2013 (to access, copy link shown below)

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January 2013 Issue

Interview with John Thorn

Digger Update

George Thompson's 1823 Find

The New Protoball Website

Tom Altherr's New Finds

Recap of 19th CBB Discussions

April 2013 Issue

Interview with Peter Morris

How Randall Brown Found the 1887 William Wheaton Article

Digger Update

New on the Protoball Website

Tom Altherr's New Finds

Recap of 19th CBB Discussions

August 2013 Issue

Interview with Bill Johnson

Rochester's New BB History Group

Digger Update

The New Protoball Website

Recap of 19th CBB Discussions

Origins Newsletter Table of Contents

(Latest Additions, Find of the Month, Research Requests, Bulletin Board are in every issue and not listed separately) 

February 2021 issue

Predecessor Game: Rounders…Page 1
Such Tumbles, Such Collisions: Sportswriting…Page 4
The First Baseball Game in Mexico…Page 10
Lost for 200 Years: an 1821 mention of baseball…Page 15
Early English Baseball Notes…Page 17

May 2021 issue

Rounders--A Game That “Gets No Respect”…Page 2
When the Game Was NOT the Thing (in Mobile)…Page 6
An 1862 Rules Dispute…Page 8
Team Nicknames…Page 10
The Mysterious Origin of the Balk Rule….12
Bob Tholkes’ Potpourri…Page 14
Ballgame in Canada in 1803? …Page 17

August 2021 issue

Interview with Tom Gilbert…Page 2
A Plague is Upon Us: Early Baseball Op-Eds…Page 3
Peanuts, But no Cracker Jack: Food at early baseball games…Page 6
Rules of the Massachusetts Game…Page 9
Towards a Definition of Baseball….12
Potpourri…Page 15

December 2021 issue

Notes on the History and Evolution of Stoolball …Page 2
Spread of Baseball thru 1870 …Page 7
Interview with Richard Hershberger…Page 10
Brooklyn Rules! When baseball's nexus moved from NYC to Brooklyn…Page 14
Early Women’s Baseball ...15
Potpourri …Page 17

February 2022 issue

Wicket Observations from the Nutmeg State …Page 2
Interview with Bruce Allardice…Page 13
Swindling in 1867 …Page 17
Money-Ball like Stats for 1866 Club...Page 20
Potpourri …Page 21

June 2022 issue

Interview with John Thorn…Page 2
Featured Game: Old Cat …Page 4
“Opening Day” in Buffalo, 1858...Page 10
A Tale of Two Paintings …. Page 14
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ballplayer … Page 18
When did Baseball Go National? … Page 19
At the Old Ball Game … Page 22
Potpourri …Page 24

October 2022 issue

Interview with Bob Tholkes …Page 2
Featured Game: Single Wicket Cricket …Page 4
Cricket and the Rise of Baseball …Page 10
An Early “Thrible” Play …Page 15
Fatal Attraction …Page 15
Baseball Moves to Philadelphia ...Page 18
Potpourri …Page 20

January 2023 issue

Interview with Jon Popovich …Page 2
The Elysian Fields’ Impact on Baseball in New Jersey …Page 4
How Central was the Elysian Field to Early Baseball? …Page 7
Early Baseball Grounds--The Boston Common …Page 11
Soaking and the Birth of Baseball …Page 16
Definition of Baseball (Part 2) …Page 17
Potpourri …Page 20

May 2023 Issue

Opening Day in Newark, 1855 …Page 2
Early Baseball Grounds in Chicago …Page 7
Earliest Photos of Baseball …Page 13
Book Review--Early Illinois Baseball …Page 18
1895 Interview with the “Father of Baseball,” ‘Doc Adams’ …Page 19
Potpourri …Page 21

August 2023 Issue

Newark--Tapped at Both Ends…Page 2
Predecessor Game--Round Town Ball…Page 15
What’s Wrong with Baseball (1867)? …Page 20
Potpourri …Page 29

December 2023 issue

Bessie’s Scorebook: A Window to the Past … Page 2
Data on the Coverage of Base Ball in Early Newspapers … Page 12
What was Ball-Stock? … Page 16
The First Base Ball Game in Chicago … Page 17
The Retreat—the Earliest Ball Grounds? … Page 20
Potpourri … Page 23