This is the forty-fifth in a series of examinations of baseball-related urban legends and whether they are true or false. This week, examine whether a famed deaf baseball player led to the institution of hand signals by umpires in baseball, marvel at the short-lived costumed mascot of the New York Yankees (yes, costumed mascot of [...]

This is the forty-fifth in a series of examinations of baseball-related urban legends and whether they are true or false. This week, marvel at the Hall of Fame pitcher who came out retirement (and the broadcast booth) to prove a point to the team that he was calling games for, discover whether the Yankees signed [...]

This is the forty-fourth in a series of examinations of baseball-related urban legends and whether they are true or false. This week, learn whether a movie correctly predicted Ken Griffey’s stardom during his rookie season, discover the interesting role that Babe Ruth played in the institution of the trade deadline and shake your head at [...]

This is the forty-third in a series of examinations of baseball-related urban legends and whether they are true or false. This week, learn whether Don Drysdale and Robert Redford played high school baseball together, whether a Hall of Famer really wrote a letter to be read only after his death that revealed whether he made [...]

This is the forty-second in a series of examinations of baseball-related urban legends and whether they are true or false. This week, learn whether Vladimir Nabokov worked an actual baseball headline into one of his most famous works. Plus, marvel at the strange Little League World Series game where the two teams both tried to [...]

This is the forty-first in a series of examinations of baseball-related legends and whether they are true or false. This week, learn the bizarre story behind the Red Sox good luck song “Tessie,” find out whether “Centerfield” was written while Fogerty watched an All-Star Game in center field and discover the baseball player during the [...]

This is the fortieth in a series of examinations of baseball-related legends and whether they are true or false. This week, learn just why is it that the Boston Red play “Sweet Caroline,” discover the Hall of Famer centerfielder who helped to name a critically acclaimed rock band and see the baseball song that pre-dated [...]

This is the thirty-ninth in a series of examinations of baseball-related legends and whether they are true or false. This week, we learn how the writers of the famous song, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” had not even attended a baseball game at the time they wrote the song! Similarly, we learn which [...]

This is the thirty-eighth in a series of examinations of baseball-related legends and whether they are true or false. This week, we learn about the teenage girl who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back-to-back, plus whether Ted Williams lost the 1947 MVP because a crotchety Boston sportswriter left him off of his ballot [...]

This is the thirty-seventh in a series of examinations of baseball-related legends and whether they are true or false. This week, we learn the strange tale of how Cy Young and Amos Rusie changed the life of Zane Grey, whether Deion Sanders played professional football and baseball on the same day and discover the time [...]