By Phil Hecken, with Cam Miller Follow @PhilHecken A few months back, I featured Cam Miller, a film maker, composer, motion graphics editor, baseball historian and freelance writer, in an …
Category: History
KC in ’63 Update: More Teams Wearing White on the Road
In our continuing saga of road teams wearing white when playing against the Kansas City A’s in 1963 (for background, look here and here), today we have some new documentation …
Building Baseball’s Cathedrals, Volume II
By Phil Hecken, with Ron Bolton Follow @PhilHecken Readers will recall I featured Ronnie Bolton (who posts on Twitter as @OTBaseballPhoto and who you should definitely follow) earlier this year …
Some Amazing MLB Footage from 1931
Bob Andrews was the first of several readers who recently alerted me to some amazing footage that has just been posted to YouTube. It’s from Opening Day at Yankee Stadium …
Building Baseball’s Cathedrals
By Phil Hecken, with Ron Bolton Follow @PhilHecken Readers will recall I featured Ronnie Bolton (who posts on Twitter as @OTBaseballPhoto and who you should definitely follow) earlier this year …
Remembering Jackie Robinson Day
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Today marks the 71st anniversary of the day baseball changed forever, when a 28 year old rookie named Jack Roosevelt Robinson took the field in …
Uni Watch Research Project: Saying It with Flowers
Back on Opening Day, Mets manager Mickey Callaway was presented with a horseshoe-shaped wreath of flowers — a gesture of good luck for the coming season (as shown at right; …
Flag on Uniform Prompted Objection Back in 1970
Click to enlarge When the ABA’s Los Angeles Stars moved to Utah in 1970 and became the Utah Stars, they wore two flag patches on their shorts — an American …
KC in ’63 Update: Filling in the Historical Record
As I’ve continued to explore the topic of road teams wearing white against the 1963 A’s in Kansas City, several readers have decided to search newspaper archives for additional examples …
History Mystery Update: Road Teams Wore White in KC in ’63
Today I have an update on a storyline that’s been developing step by step. Here’s a quick recap: A few weeks ago I posted an entry about some 1963 home …
Another Piece of the Mr. Met Puzzle
As longtime readers are aware, I’ve been trying for years to determine the identity of the artist who created Mr. Met — not the live mascot but the cartoon character, …
Meet Filmmaker Cam Miller – And The Cincinnati Reds HOF
[From The Editor: Please see the end of this article for an important note on today’s featured artist — PH] By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken I have, like many of …
Some Great MLB Footage from 1963
Reader Bob Gassel recently found some 1963 home movie footage on YouTube. It shows a few games shot at Kansas City Athletics games that season, and although it’s only five …
An MLB History Mystery Involving an American Flag Pin
A few weeks ago I wrote about Lou Gehrig wearing a Eugene the Jeep pin on his Yankees jersey. Along the way, I mentioned the other MLBers who’ve worn pins …
Book Reveals Super-Subtle Tweak in Packers’ Logo Evolution
I received an interesting note the other day from reader Andrew Beckman, as follows: I just finished reading Packers historian Cliff Christl’s fine book Packers Heritage Trail. At one point …