Lee Lowenfish

REFLECTIONS ON SABR 39 AND THE CONTINUING DECLINE OF MY WOERIOLES
I just returned from SABR’s 39th national convention (Society for American Baseball Research) at the JW Marriott Hotel near the White House in Washington, DC. Too many highlights to report in one blog entry but was pleased at the reaction to my talk on Branch Rickey’s February 1948 speech to the annual football banquet at the historically black Wilberforce State University in central Ohio.  Read More 

When I became an Oriole fan in the early 1970s there used to be a billboard advertising Oriole baseball as an exciting drama in 18 acts, at least. On Wednesday afternoon at Camden Yards before a small matinee audience those half-innings turned into 22 acts with the final one being as dramatic as it gets.  Read More