Albert Spalding – Player Overview (1871-1875)
Imagine that your middle name is “Goodwill” but you are known as one of the succeeders who left the Red …
Imagine that your middle name is “Goodwill” but you are known as one of the succeeders who left the Red …
I can’t remember not playing baseball. It seems like I always have. I remember the day I first played on …
As we know, the Braves are the World’s Oldest Continuous professional franchise, so it was fitting that the team played …
Guest blog by Keith Spalding Robbins April 13, 1896 – 120 Years later a fitting memorial to the Original Red …
Guest Blog article by Keith Robbins With the upcoming Rays – Cuba game in Havana brings forth the question: Q: …
How would you fill out the all time roster for a team with as much talent as the Braves have …
The First Global Sports Franchise – Guest blog article by Keith Robbins With the MLB Stars venturing to Cuba this …
It is 1875. The season is over. The “Four Seceders” come up with a conspiracy that foretells the demise of …
So …. the Atlanta Braves (then known as the Boston Red Stockings) played five years in the National Association. They …
And this from a pitcher. But then again, not just any pitcher. Of course, he wrote the first rules for …
Cal McVey was born on August 30, 1849 in Montrose, Iowa. At age 11, he moved to Indianapolis. It is …
Imagine only playing 30 games. Compared to our 162 now it is hard to imagine. But that is what it …
On January 20, 1871 (yes, that is 1871) the Boston Red Stockings incorporated. It just so happened they were a …
Ivers Whitney Adams knew a very good thing when he saw it. He was very interested in professional baseball. He …
When I was 10, there was THE ball. Of course we had other balls. But THE ball was the Spalding …