Episode 23: The Tools Of Ignorance, Part 2 -Glove Affairs

“A Game of Inches.” Peter Morris. https://www.amazon.com/Game-Inches-Stories-Innovations-Baseball/

“A History of Baseball in 100 Objects.” Josh Leventhal. https://www.amazon.com/History-Baseball-Objects-Josh-Leventhal/

“Glove Affairs: The Romance, History, and Tradition of the Baseball Glove.” Noah Liberman. https://www.amazon.com/Glove-Affairs-Romance-Tradition-Baseball/dp/1572434201

“If You Build It: A Book About Fathers, Fate, and Field of Dreams.” Dwier Brown. https://www.amazon.com/If-You-Build-Fathers-Dreams

“Smart Baseball.” Keith Law. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=smart+baseball+keith+law

https://sabr.org/journal/article/how-rules-changes-in-1920-affected-home-runs/#:~:text=With%20the%20elimination%20of%20the%20%E2%80%9Cfreak%E2%80%9D%20pitches,being%20injured%20by%20a%20baseball%20striking%20them.

https://sabr.org/journal/article/the-invention-of-the-baseball-glove-the-case-for-the-forgotten-1901-web-pocketed-glove/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-invention-of-the-baseball-mitt-12799848/

https://www.mlb.com/news/catcher-uses-potato-in-baseball-game

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/08/sports/baseball/to-break-in-their-gloves-yankees-dunk-tenderize-and-lather-up.html

https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-fame-batting-gloves

https://rhodeislandcurrent.com/2023/03/29/off-with-batting-gloves/

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/61625-should-mlb-do-something-about-batting-gloves

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/professional-baseball-players-should-quit-stalling-and-start-playing/2011/10/11/gIQAvyq3fL_story.html

https://vault.si.com/vault/1990/05/07/glove-story

Episode 22: The Tools Of Ignorance, Part 1

Episode 3: Why The Knuckleball Is So Successful And So Rare

  • https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2021-05-28/knuckleball-major-league-baseball-dodgers-giants-friedman-zaidi#:~:text=The%20knuckleball%20pitcher%20has%20vanished,all%20four%20were%20position%20players.

  • https://www.oddball-mall.com/knuckleball/list.htm#:~:text=The%20pitch%20we%20now%20know,some%20part%20in%20its%20invention.

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_knuckleball_pitchers

  • https://www.mlb.com/news/best-knuckleball-pitchers-in-baseball-history

  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-pitch-that-bobs-and-baffles/2015/04/03/e10c571c-b6cf-11e4-9423-f3d0a1ec335c_story.html

  • https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/20/sports/baseball/knuckleballers-have-a-history-as-colorful-as-their-pitch.html

  • https://www.si.com/mlb/2012/12/17/17notable-knuckleballers

  • https://knuckleball.com/knuckleball-history/

  • https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1367-2630/18/7/073027

  • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/physicists-have-finally-figured-out-why-knuckleballs-are-so-hard-hit-180959826/

  • https://deadspin.com/change-and-how-we-get-there-1848885795

  • https://www.sportscasting.com/why-did-wilt-chamberlain-not-fix-the-one-part-of-his-game-that-held-him-back/

  • https://www.si.com/nba/2016/06/30/malcolm-gladwell-wilt-chamberlain-rick-barry-nba-free-throw-granny-shot

  • https://sabr.org/latest/gendelman-unpredictable-and-unmanly-baseballs-fear-of-the-knuckleball/

  • Physics of Baseball - Papers by Alan Nathan

Episode 2: How Ray Chapman’s Death Saved Future Lives

-https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/august-16-1920-ray-chapman-suffers-fatal-blow-to-his-skull-on-pitch-from-carl-mays/

-https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ray-chapman/

-https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2693942

-https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/oct/29/carl-mays-ray-chapman-killed-pitch-yankees-indians-baseball

-https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/mlb/story/2020-08-16/major-league-baseball-beaning-death-1920-cleveland-indians-ray-chapman-new-york-yankees-carl-mays

-https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chapmra01.shtml

-https://baseballhall.org/discover/shortstops/the-first-helmet

-https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA567547114&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=07346891&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E5d34154b&aty=open-web-entry

-https://www.metmuseum.org/press/exhibitions/2013/dead-ball-era#:~:text=The%20term%20%E2%80%9Cdead%20ball%20era,games%20with%20few%20home%20runs.

-https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/12741917/uni-watch-history-headgear-mlb-alex-torres

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batting_helmet

-https://www.sportdecals.com/blogs/p/a-look-into-the-history-of-baseball-helmets

Episode 1: Did Lou Gehrig Have Lou Gehrig’s Disease?

-https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1049909111434635?icid=int.sj-full-text.similar-articles.9

-https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/stories/baseball-history/lou-gehrig-luckiest-man

-https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/lou-gehrig/

-https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/did-lou-gehrig-actually-die-of-lou-gehrigs-disease

-https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/aug/17/lou-gehrig-disease-baseball-death

-https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/did-lou-gehrig-have-lou-gehrigs-disease-20100818286

-https://www.als.org/understanding-als/lou-gehrig

-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2850819/

-https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/stories/baseball-history/iron-horse-steel-will

-https://baseballhall.org/discover/inside-pitch/cal-ripken-breaks-lou-gehrigs-consecutive-games-record