THE WILD RIDE OF THE HAVANA SUGAR KINGS

THE WILD RIDE OF THE HAVANA SUGAR KINGS By, Joe Swide How the International League became entwined with Fidel Castro and the Cuban revolution. Despite only playing in the International...

THE 1937 NEWARK BEARS

THE 1937 NEWARK BEARS By, Joe Swide The greatest team in the history of minor league baseball. Nearly 70 years before the Boston Red Sox became the first team in...

JACK DUNN’S BALTIMORE ORIOLES

JACK DUNN’S BALTIMORE ORIOLES By, Joe Swide The forgotten glory of the original Orioles and the man who built them. From 1919-1925, the Baltimore Orioles of the International League accomplished...

Babe Ruth and the Providence Grays

Babe Ruth and the Providence Grays By, Joe Swide The summer when a legend was born in Providence, Rhode Island Like all mythological heroes, Babe Ruth has an origin story...

Jackie Robinson and the 1946 Montreal Royals

Jackie Robinson & the 1946 Montreal Royals By, Joe Swide Jackie Robinson and the most important season in the history of baseball before the most important season in the history...

Kenichi Zenimura

Kenichi Zenimura By, Joe Swide Biz Mackey and Kenichi Zenimura in Japan The most important Japanese-American baseball league in history was not held in a glittering professional ballpark or even...