Why was a baseball field named after an African-American ballplayer in a time of intense racial tension? In 1949 America was a very different place. Racial segregation is widespread, and in ...

Welcome back to another edition of The Anatomy of An Inning ... is able to poke it to left field for a lead-off base hit. Adell is another free-swinger with tons of strikeouts in his game.

This will have a massive impact on the construction of baseball’s Field of 64, particularly the SEC’s expansion. The conference, now at 16 teams, is deeper than ever and seems certain to get a ...