This day in baseball book(s) history: May 15

May 15, 2025 · 0 comments

Recently received a copy of On This Day in Baseball History: a Day-By-Day Account of Baseball’s Most Indelible Moments, by something called the “Baseball Time Machine.” This gave me an idea for some more content for the blog. (Years ago I used to do “Happy Birthday” entries for players with books by or about them. Time to get back to that, too, I suppose.)

There have been a number of books like On This Day including:

This is one genre that will never be complete until the sport is gone for good.

Since many players pop of several times for various “indelible moments” over the course of their careers, I’m going to be very picky-and-choosy, with all due respect. And I’ll probably make up more rules as I go along.

So on this date, May 15:

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