June 24, 2025

Dear Peter:

The National Pastime serves as SABR’s convention-focused publication. Published annually, this research journal provides in-depth articles focused on the respective geographic region where the national convention is taking place in a given year.

For the 2025 edition of The National Pastime, we focused on the history of baseball throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and surrounding areas. Click on a link below to download the e-book edition of The National Pastime: Baseball in Texas and Beyond, edited by Steve West and Cecilia M. Tan.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Deadball Era Major League Baseball Comes to Waxahachie, Texas, by Jim Chapman
• Spring Training Ballparks at Marlin, Texas, by Monte Cely
• The 1919 Texas Negro Baseball League Championship: Dallas Black Giants vs. San Antonio Black Aces, by Bill Staples Jr.
• Nokona Baseball Gloves: America’s Pastime, American Made, by Joseph Wancho
• From Athens, Texas, to the Cincinnati Reds: The Saga of Pete Donohue, by Steve Krevisky
• Semi-Pro and Collegiate Baseball in Enid, Oklahoma, by Thomas E. Van Hyning
• The 1943 Camp Hood Baseball Season, by Andrew Jett
• Baseball in the Middle of Nowhere: The Unique Story of Herbert Kokernot and the Alpine Cowboys, by C. Paul Rogers III
• Four Hundred Hitters, Home Run Barrages and Jim Crow: The Post-War Bush Leagues in Texas, by C. Paul Rogers III
• When the Babe Came to Dallas, 1947, by Bob LeMoine
• Bobby Layne, 28-0: Hall of Fame Caliber Pitcher for the Texas Longhorns, by Herm Krabbenhoft
• The “Savior” Does Not Answer Letters: Dave Hoskins and the Uneven, Unheralded, and Unfinished Integration of the Texas League, by Jason A. Schwartz
• Integration Comes to the Texas League, 1952-58, by Alan Cohen
• Waco Pirates: A Tale of Two Cities, by Eric Bynum
• How the Metroplex Went Major League, by John Bauer
• An Encounter with Cliff Gustafson, by Charlie Grassl
• Stars and Orphans: Over A Half Century of Rangers Relief Pitching, by Wayne M. Towers
• Jack Allen: Baseball in the Land of “Gushers” and Cowboys, by Jarrod Schenewark
• A Day from Hell at the Office: Lenny Randle’s Attack on Frank Lucchesi Created Wounds That Never Healed, by Daniel VanDeMortel
• Oklahoma State Cowboy Baseball: The Remarkable Gary Ward Years, by Ronald Elliott and Wade McWhorter
• Boos to Cheers: Darrell Porter and the 1982 World Series, by Doug Wedge
• Jimmy Porter: A Man or a Legend?, by Steve West
• Southwest Conference Baseball History, by Bo Carter
• Abigail Moore: Breaking Barriers, by Leslie Heaphy and Cecilia M. Tan
• Did the Texas Rangers Buy a World Series?, by Josh West

To learn more about contributing to a future SABR publication, click here.

— Cecilia M. Tan
SABR Publications Director

Related links:

• Buy the magazine: Purchase the print edition of The National Pastime 2025 from Amazon.com.
• Read online: Articles from The National Pastime 2025 are now available to read online at SABR.org.

 

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