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The Blogathon's written portion is over. We had a great bunch of pieces from people from all across the spectrum of baseball: we had people from all over the world write pieces, and they ranged fro...

This past weekend, I ran a “Blogathon” on the Baseball Continuum featuring many writers from across the internet, ranging from top professionals all the way down to college students. Go to the above link to see all the great pieces that ran.

While the Blogathon itself is over, you can still donate for Roswell Park Alliance Foundation and Roswell Park Cancer Institute here: https://www.gofundme.com/aah8j7uk

#Blogathon

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Get your route prepared for Opening Day.

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Rickey Henderson.

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Pitcher of the “Female Giants” baseball team. 1913. A Miss Helen Zenker, one of the players on the team, was arrested that year for supposedly selling a program to an undercover officer for 5cents on the Sabbath. She was 17. The charges were thrown out. #baseballfaces #pillboxbat

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January 23, 1979

Willie Mays is selected by the BBWAA as a member of the Hall of Fame. The ‘Say-Hey Kid’ receives 409 of the 432 votes cast with 23 writers inexplicably leaving one of the best players of all time off their ballots.

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Ty Cobb slugs a homerun against the Yankees in 1926.

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Boston Braves cather Mike Gonzales.

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Opening Day, Oriole Park

April 10, 1923

Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore Evening Sun photo via mschafler

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Random Baseball Card #4555: Phil Niekro, pitcher, Atlanta Braves, 1983, Donruss.

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Kershaw in Cuba

Alas, this is not proof that I have written a book about "Bizarre Baseball Culture", as great as that would have been. Instead, it's a rundown of places where things I have covered from Bizarre Bas...

#Bizarre Baseball Culture

Bizarre Baseball Culture is perhaps my most popular segment on the Baseball Continuum. In it, I, as I say: "...take a look at some of the more unusual places where baseball has reared it’s head in ...

#International Baseball Culture