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For those who have visited downtown Cleveland, Ohio, I’m quite sure you have seen many of the amazing bronze statues displayed around the city such as Larry Doby, Lou Boudreau, and Jim Thome at the gates of Progressive Field or the mighty Jim Brown at Huntington Bank Field. Or perhaps you’ve passed the Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster Tribute Plaza on the corner of St. Clair Ave. and Ontario St. where Superman can be seen leaping tall buildings in a single bound. But, have you ever

To some people, this may appear to be nothing more than an old bat. But, this lost relic actually has a story to tell about one of best semi-pros baseball teams that ever played during the turn of the 20th century (The Doherty Silk Sox) as well as one of the best semi-pro pitchers of that era, Otto Rettig. Rettig later worked his way into the major leagues for just one season in 1922 but that was enough to stop the St. Louis Browns in their tracks from winning the pennant tha

A Vintage Baseball Bat Memorabilia Collector’s Duty of Care With Special Guest Jim Keating.   Someone wise once said: No matter how much...

Casey Stengel, manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1934 to 1936, once said of New York Giants left fielder Jo-Jo Moore: “Every time we...