A leadoff triple (first peanut out of the bag) @markarmour04.bsky.social

On Facebook, I see a lot of baseball group posts. No surprise. But the sudden flood of AI generated images on pages and groups that used to be quality is a head scratcher. I just don't get it. Doesn't it take more time an effort to generate an AI image?

I'll probably investigate, but I'd wager Sanchez owns the franchise record overall. Besides Time Keefe and Charlie Ferguson, the club didn't really have good pitchers in the 19th century.

Longest streak since 1893, when the pitcher's spot was moved. There was no mound in 1893. Thus, no mound could be moved.

A record that stood for 115 years now belongs to Cristopher Sánchez

I recommend pre-ordering this book. No doubt the research is meticulous and the story intoxicating. August can't come soon enough!

Some fun news, was able to finally locate Jack Remsen, one of the more high profile missing players, who had a big league career that spanned from 1872 to 1884 and was a regular with Hartford in the inaugural season of the National League back in 1876. I'll break down how I found him in a thread.

Victory isn't always as big as base hits or catching fly balls. Victory can be an improved at-bat despite a strikeout or picking up a grounder and throwing towards first base. He won't make the majors. Hell, he doesn't even care to play. But he tries, and it makes me proud.

Next to Steve Jeltz-IYKYK

Did you get your copy yet?

Have to admit, I did not think I would have this much fun writing about Brandon Marsh, but .. he is pretty fun, and surprisingly good.

Today marks the release date of my third book, “The Ballpark and Beyond.” I wrote it (75,000+ words,) & created all the art for it (150+ original illustrations.) I designed & packaged it, and I even narrated the audiobook. Available wherever books are sold—purchase, rate, and review.

Let's read some 19th c baseball pics. "Athletic Sports in America" was published in 1889 by Hubbard Brothers in Philadelphia. The firm was established by Alfred Hubbard and Frank Judd in 1868 and acted as a subscription publishing house and a Bible publisher. Their main office was in Philadelphia.

I finally located Edgar Wolfe's (Jim Nasium) grave at Glenwood Memorial Gardens in Broomall, Pa (Philadelphia suburb).

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Cris Sánchez now has a 34 2/3-inning scoreless streak, the longest by a Phillies pitcher since Grover Alexander in 1911 (41 innings).

My abstract for "Bad New for Bare Hands: Can the Phillies Find a Catcher" has been selected for the upcoming season of SABR's 19th C. Speaker Series. Date TBD, but it'll take place on a Tuesday between Sept and May. 1/

@twostrikenoise.bsky.social is this game live yet!?

@adarowski.bsky.social Esteban Bellan now has a confirmed death date of 1891. arqueobeisbol.substack.com/p/new-eviden...

Buck Lai had a tryout with the Phillies in 1918 but was cut from the team a week prior to opening day. What could have been.

Hey you! Tired of loafing about? Are you interested in strengthening your muscles and stretching your sinews? Join us, the Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia, at Historic Smithville in Eastampton, NJ this Sunday at 11am as we demonstrate 1864 rules base ball at the annual May Faire festival!

This dump and chase shit isn't going to work against Carolina.

Game time is actually 11am. Whoops.

Albert Spalding’s vision of baseball  as a sport for all--exemplified by a world tour in 1888-89-- has been made real. ourgame.mlblogs.com/americas-nat...

This Saturday, our friends from Long Island will pay us a visit. We will play one game of 1876 rules base ball followed by a game of 1864 rules. It will be 150 years to the day when the Mutuals and Athletics played each other in 1876.

Tom Gilbert has started his presentation on Joe Leggett, a man of mystery and intrigue. You can learn more about the story in Tom's recent book about Jim Creighton, "Death in the Strike Zone".

Philadelphia Town Ball - 1838 NY gets a lot of attention for its role in the growth of baseball, and rightly so. Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Hoboken were the epicenter of the baseball universe in the 1840s and 1850s. Clubs organized so members could exercise. Something similar happens in Philly. 1/

@joestart4hof.bsky.social leading off the Fred at the Hall of Fame with a presentation on John Goldie, the "greatest baseball player without a baseball-reference page."

Hell yea

Free junk wax at the HOF

Meyerle (left) was an immense player compared to his contemporaries.

In 130 years, the single-season home run record climbed from 4 to 73. 📈 Along the way, baseball saw new leagues, rule changes, strange ballparks, and some of the greatest home run races ever. Watch the full story here 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ZA...

Lake Otsego in Cooperstown is the headwaters for the Susquehanna River. The river also flows near my hometown of Bloomsburg, Pa in east central Pa. If I threw a baseball into the river here, I wonder how long it would take to make its way to Bloomsburg?

4 hour trek from Delco to Cooperstown. I have arrived.

150 years ago today, MLB played its first game. Boston defeated Philadelphia 6-5, at Philly. ourgame.mlblogs.com/mlbs-first-g...

It's Opening Day in 1876! And it's the beginning for what we know today as Major League Baseball. Have a listen. Link: open.spotify.com/episode/12fu...

Phillies got you down? No problem, let us help as we discuss an Athletics loss from 1876. New episode drops tomorrow April 22 at 8am.

I was just made aware of this. It is not good. youtu.be/cPHUu96EU1A?...

okay, so while we wait for our impending doom, figured I'd share my latest biographical find of the Smith brothers - William and John of the ill-fated Baltimore Marylands of 1873. www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MAR/18...

Philadelphia City Item, June 26, 1869.

Andrew's Painters are in the house @mattalbertson.bsky.social