74 years ago today (April 18, 1940), was the opening of 1940 baseball season at Bain Field in Norfolk. Here are a few shots of that game between the Norfolk Tars and the Portsmouth Cubs.

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 ...

NASHUA, N.H.NASHUA, N.H. — 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 ...

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 ...

Editor's note: This is a continuing series of Eastern Iowa sports history 'Time Machine” articles. Mark Dukes worked at The Gazette from 1973 to 1998, the last 14 years as sports editor. By Mark Dukes ...

Seventy-five years ago, in 1940, the Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced that Brooklyn’s population has increased by 1,166,582 since the turn of the century to 2,698,285. The 42nd ...

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 ...

Bobby Doerr played for years alongside Boston Red Sox greats Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky and Dom DiMaggio, and while Williams was the era’s dominant hitter and Pesky and DiMaggio captured the hearts of ...

Northeast Portland resident Artie Wilson played professional baseball in the 1940s and 1950s in the Negro Leagues. On May 13, 2007, he threw out the first pitch when the New York Yankees played the ...

The 1940s Leaton baseball team, included, right to left: back row – Buck Graham, Jack Morrison, Dan McConnell, Bob Davis, Alfonzo Epple; front row – Kewn Cowden, Florek Zawacki, Victor Wizensky, Morse ...