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.
Posted On: 10/09/2019 11:40 PM
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Gordon Nell 'Borger Bomber'
Posted On: 09/19/2019 11:37 PM
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1930 Arizona State League 'Good to the Last Forfeit'
Posted On: 09/16/2019 3:22 PM
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PINCH HITS: 'What Pitch Count?'
Posted On: 08/29/2019 9:00 PM
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Walter Justis 'Smoke the Eccentric Slabman'
Posted On: 07/30/2019 11:57 PM
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Roy Bliss 'California Hurlsmith & Nomad'
Posted On: 07/17/2019 8:03 PM
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Posted on 11/16/2023 9:20 PM
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November 16, 2014
Posted on 11/06/2023 7:00 PM
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October 30, 1979
Posted on 10/19/2023 9:40 PM
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October 14, 1889 'Ten Million'
Posted on 10/02/2023 1:30 AM
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September 27, 1942 'Creepy Crespi'
Posted on 09/21/2023 6:00 PM
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September 20, 1944 'War Time Debut'
Posted on 09/04/2023 5:10 PM
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Diamonds In The Dusk