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Max Blue's Page (historic baseball teams) posted articles not available anywhere else right here on BaseballGuru.com!
John Holway's Page (author of 10 baseball books). He is available for your questions. Find out about Holway's new works in progress... Get autographed copies of his books.
Craig Tomarkin's Page (the Guru). He posted a series of articles attempting to rank order the greatest teams of all time.He is available for your questions.

Historic Teams Data
Historic MLB Teams (1871-present):  Listed alphabetically by City and Franchise. Complete for 1999 back through 1871 when Major League Baseball began.
Historic ballparks and stadiums are included in the ballparks page

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Articles by Max Blue The Streak Jaybird and Me A Squint for All Seasons Babe Ruth - The Baltimore Slab Artist: Game Two of the 1916 World Series

Articles by John B. Holway Rocket's Amazing Recovery After the NBA scandal -Could Baseball Be Next? Giambi - Slap on the Wrist or Pat on the Fanny? Holy Cow!! Phil in Valhalla From the Shores of Old Lake Glimmerglass Pesky Got a Bump Rap The Rickey Myth Men Willingly Believe What They Want to Believe The Game Is Not Diluted; It's the Best Baseball Ever Played The Myth of Babe Ruth / Riding the Wave With the Babe The Babe Ruth Myth The Wizdom of Diz Who Is So Taguchi? No Free Pass for Tony Double XX Barry and the Babe and Einstein's Theory of Baseball Relativity What if Ted and Mickey Had Been on the Juice? Alfonso, Mac, Mick, and Ted The Ghosts of April Past A Mummy in the Record Book Linda Cropp Makes Sense; So Does Baseball in Washington A Rose by Any Other Name (Giambi) Would Still Be Thorny Come Back Tessie, We Still Love You Baseball's DrugstoreDon't Blame the Babe Cooperstown: Who's In? Who's Out? And why? The Angels' Witch Slaughter, Pesky, and the Power of Myth Ted Williams Steriod Cheaters Come Back, Tessie, We Still Love You Home Runs Vs. Sosa The Real HR Rankings - Includes Japanese & Negro Leagues Bert Shepard and the Missing Foot Teddy Ballgame's Called Shots Barry and the Babe Give Ichiro and Biggio The MVP

Articles by the Craig Tomarkin (Guru) MLB Foreign Expansion Greatest Teams Ever: Part I  Part II Part III Part IV Greatest Non-Champion Teams Ever Era Analysis:  I propose 10 eras of baseball history... Pete Rose was not in the top three players on his team...

More Articles
Baseball Stuff - Tom Ruane, Hot and Cold Teams

Baseball Calenders & Time Capsules
NationalPastime.com - Shows events that happened on each day in baseball history in calendar form.
The Library of Congress - "Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights" is a collection of baseball manuscripts, books and photographs from the 1860's to the 1960's.   It has a special section in timeline form describing the color line and Jackie Robinson . It also has a searchable database.

History
Wikipedia - Baseball from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
PBS - Ken Burns presents: The story of baseball is the story of America. It is an epic overflowing with hereoes and hopefulls, scoundrels and screwballs. VHS: Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns - Nine Inning Set
19c Baseball - Excellent history of nineteenth century games that evolved into baseball and desciptions of early baseball.
A Structure to Last Forever - Master's thesis by SABR member Ethan Lewis. Titled, "History of the Players' League and the Brotherhood War of 1890." He argues that the Players' League was the best chance baseball had at adopting a different structure.
The Evolution of the Baseball Bat  - Nicely written article detailing the evolution of the baseball bat.

Baseball and the US Government
An Annual Outing: The Congressional Baseball Game - it's true, each summer members of congress get dressed in baseball uniforms and play for charity.

Rules about MLB Transactions
MLB Transactions Primer - All of the ins and outs regarding how transactions are formed from wikipedia.

More Stuff
Web Tour Research and Analysis - Some links were appropriate for both sections of the Guru's Web Tour so don't miss it.

Books on Baseball History  
Amazon.com's Baseball Book Store - Read the most popular books on baseball history.

Sabermetricians: Ask how you can post your baseball analysis on BaseballGuru.com

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