DIAMONDS IN THE DUSK

Dedicated to the proposition that baseball history should be far more than a chronicle of superstars and championship teams. Diamonds in the Dusk is a celebration of the amazing diversity of America's National Pastime -- spotlighting the characters and the oddities (and the odd characters!) that have populated the game at both the major league and minor league level.

For every Babe Ruth there is a Bunny Brief. For every Willie Mays, a Bris "The Human Eyeball" Lord. For every Sandy Koufax, an Astyanax Douglass. The 1927 Yankees are justly famous, but the Longview Cannibals, the Raton Swastikas, the Texarkana Casketmakers and the Staunton Lunatics should not be forgotten either.

Coming soon, stories on Steve (Wild Thing) Dalkowski, Jack Elkins, Ed Fallenstein, Herman Fink, Elmer Hansen, Lyman (Tulsa Two Base Terror) Lamb, Bill (Not Quite Grover Lowdermilk) Kennedy, Douglas (Five Star) MacArthur, Walter Malmquist, John Neuer, Ovid Nicholson, Archie Persons, Art (The Chief) Rooney, Shine Rumple, Luke Stuart, Al Teft and Jimmy Wiggs among others. A veritable smorgasbord of All-Stars.

Cups of Coffee 'Phil Morrison'
Posted On: 11/23/2022 12:01 AM


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Cups of Coffee: Jimmy Wacker
Posted On: 10/24/2022 10:20 PM


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They Played the Game No. 4
Posted On: 10/06/2022 10:40 PM


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Chick Doak 'A Man for all Seasons & Schools'
Posted On: 09/10/2022 7:00 PM


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Cups of Coffee 'John Gaddy'
Posted On: 08/23/2022 1:30 AM


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1906 Cotton League 'Sea Gulls in a Walk'
Posted On: 08/08/2022 11:40 PM


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"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again."

On This Date

December 12, 1899 'Allie Watt'
Posted on 11/18/2022 2:10 PM

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November 15, 1991 'Jack Franklin'
Posted on 11/01/2022 9:01 PM

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October 29, 1898 'Bear Crusher'
Posted on 10/11/2022 6:30 PM

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October 5, 1908 'Ed Walsh'
Posted on 10/06/2022 10:20 PM

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September 13, 1945 'Walt Masterson'
Posted on 08/30/2022 9:40 PM

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August 29, 1884 'Gus Bono'
Posted on 08/23/2022 12:01 AM

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