A New Project!
Yeah, I started a new project: a Federal League All-Star Team card set! […]
About:Gary Joseph Cieradkowski
Posts by Gary Joseph Cieradkowski :
Tommy Lasorda: Loyalty and The Fight of ’57
Frustrated with his loyalty being rewarded by being replaced with a bonus-baby college kid who couldn’t hit the side of a barn with his fastball, Tommy Lasorda’s frustration erupted into what became known as “The Fight of ‘57.” […]
Moonlight Graham: The Myth, the Legend, and the Bush League Ballplayer
Chances are no one would have remembered Archie Graham and his one big-league game— that is until the hit movie Field of Dreams made “Moonlight” Graham the most famous short-timer in baseball history. […]
“Flash” Cazen: That extra something
He never played an inning in the majors, but, as a sportswriter once poetically prosed, “Cazen always gave what he had and a little something extra, and it was that little extra something that sometimes won a game.” […]
Albie Pearson: The Letter
After a few bad seasons, big league clubs had given up on the 5’-5” outfielder. But when plans for an AL expansion team was announced, Albie Pearson wrote a letter that changed his career. […]
Hank Greenberg: Boom or Bust in Beaumont
1932 was the make-or-break season for Hank Greenberg. If he could successfully navigate the searing Texas heat, chest-high fastballs, hungry mosquitoes, and not make too many errors, the door was open to a big league career. […]
A New Book(s)
COMING IN JULY: Volume 1 of The Infinite Baseball Card Set, a 124-page lavishly illustrated sampler of baseball’s forgotten heroes & stories. […]
“Ducky” Stewart: The Little Galoot
Guest author Scott Johnson brings us the story of Ducky Stewart, one of the many unforgettable characters to be found in his 2-volume set about the Fort Dodge team in the Iowa League, 1904-06. […]
Dave Hoskins: The Savior Does Not Answer Letters
Guest author Jason Schwartz gives us the story of how Dave Hoskins not only successfully integrated the Texas League in the spring of 1952, but also led the league in wins and earned himself a place with the Cleveland Indians the following season. […]
“Sticks” Jester: Loretta Bobs Her Hair
Loretta was sixteen, restless, and looking for adventure – something she knew couldn’t be found on her parents’ farm. Reading through the newspaper one day in 1924, Loretta found the answer: an all-women pro baseball team. […]