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From Kiosk Dream to Digital Encyclopedia

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By John Thorn
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How Retrosheet Changed Everything, by Jay Wigley This is an excerpt from a book written and published by Jay Wigley, available at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/How-Retrosheet-Saved-Baseball-History/dp/B0GT5CKKC2/.
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Spring Training

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By John Thorn
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Where, Why, and When Did it Begin? Spring Training, by Gerald Garston Like so many historical topics in baseball, the origin of spring training sparks controversy, even among experts. In an environment of competing and doubtful claims to being “the first,” we should perhaps think twice about commissioning plaques.
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A Pictorial Retrospective of Baseball: Part 9, the 1830s and Earlier

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By John Thorn
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Conclusion to a new series that goes back, back, back Press enter or click to view image in full size The “Broken Windows” law: Pittsfield’s 1791 prohibition, Back in 2004 I created a bit of a stir when I announced at a press conference in Pittsfield, Massachusetts that I had discovered a mid-19th century reference to baseball being played under that name in that place in 1791.
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