Such was the interest that two separate leagues were organized for geographic reasons, not talent. They were equal in ability and having an Upper Cape League and a separate Lower Cape League provided ...

As far as baseball card collecting goes, the 1940s is about as close to the Dark Ages as it gets. The 1930s and 1950s were absolute fire, but the decade they sandwiched included World War II, which ...

The period after World War II and before television was a good time for entertainment in America. Returning veterans were thankful to be alive, mature beyond their years for having survived the war, ...

Baseball: once considered a man’s sport had soon found itself in a crisis in the fall of 1942. Men had gone to fill the ranks for World War II while America’s favorite pastime had left a gaping hole ...

GRAND CHUTE (WLUK) -- What would the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers have looked like in the 1940s? Fans will get a chance to find out on July 12 when the team holds Fauxback Night at Fox Cities Stadium.

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — The conversation around racial integration in baseball often revolves around Jackie Robinson, who broke the major league color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. But a year ...

When it comes to baseball, Bernard David “Buddy” Lake did just about everything. He played, he coached and he even drove the team bus during a career that spanned almost three decades. Although Lake ...

FOSTER TWP. — In the village of Orangeville, if you asked someone about Sarah Sands, he or she might respond: “Sarah who?” But, if you call her by her nickname, “Salty Sands,” they’ll know right away ...

A baseball star befriends a young fan and their lives are changed forever in a new musical showing at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick. Set in Brooklyn in the 1940s, "Last Days of Summer" ...

The display of photos and 1940s baseball memorabilia is small, but Terry Andre hopes it will raise fans’ interest about life during the construction of the Hanford nuclear site. Andre is the education ...