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The Arm From Planet Mars - Part 2 of 2
Pitcher Kevin Hickey didn’t have much chance to make the White Sox’ roster in 1981, but improbability had never stopped him before.
 • Paul Jackson
The Arm From Planet Mars - Part 1 of 2
Back when the Chicago White Sox still held open tryouts, a South Side kid took his chance in front of a Comiskey Park radar gun and left the scouts…
 • Paul Jackson
Mascots Behaving Badly
The Expos never won a World Series, but their misbehaving mascots are all over the record books.
 • Paul Jackson
Pass the Bat
Seeking a way out of a teamwide slump, the 1999 Anaheim Angels tried something no other team had ever done.
 • Paul Jackson
The Tinker, the Poet, and the Pocket Watch
In 1916, a Cubs star-turned-manager tried to resurrect the rowdy game of his heyday and triggered a rare forfeit.
 • Paul Jackson
Rained In
Covered stadiums were supposed to end weather-related disruption, but sometimes Mother Nature wouldn’t play ball.
 • Paul Jackson
Finding Pinky’s Pinkie
Down a rabbit hole and into the Platinum Age of comic strips in search of the origins of a baseball nickname.
 • Paul Jackson
Project 3.18
Project 3.18
Remembering when baseball didn’t go as planned, and discovering history and culture through the window of the National Game.
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