John Thorn
@johnthorn.bsky.social
Official Historian, Major League Baseball. Since 2011, I have posted a story a week at ourgame.mlblogs.com. Past though timeless tales available at https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/archive. Views are my own, not those of MLB. Nerdy badinage a specialty.
The word "jazz" derives from baseball. sabr.org/latest/how-b...
How baseball gave us the word ‘jazz’ – Society for American Baseball Research
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November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The word "jazz" derives from baseball. sabr.org/latest/how-b...
A blast from the past: "Late in the fall of 1983 ... Thorn came across an old scrapbook containing the series of 35 articles on Providence's major league baseball history [and] proposed that the Society reprint the articles in booklet form for distribution [at its] 1984 annual convention."
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A blast from the past: "Late in the fall of 1983 ... Thorn came across an old scrapbook containing the series of 35 articles on Providence's major league baseball history [and] proposed that the Society reprint the articles in booklet form for distribution [at its] 1984 annual convention."
Irresistible. Back in the day, I received Baseball America's print edition.
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Irresistible. Back in the day, I received Baseball America's print edition.
Saw it in a theater in 1973; terrific film. youtube.com/watch?v=FHAb...
Jimmy Cliff Recording The Harder They Come In Studio Session
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November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Saw it in a theater in 1973; terrific film. youtube.com/watch?v=FHAb...
.Did you know that a free pass to a ballgame was called an Annie Oakley because it had a hole in it, as if created by the sharpshooter? Annie was part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
November 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
.Did you know that a free pass to a ballgame was called an Annie Oakley because it had a hole in it, as if created by the sharpshooter? Annie was part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Also portrayed in this "mansplaining" scene, De Wolf Hopper's pal Digby Bell, famous for his "Tough Kid on the Right Field Fence." www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS7L...
Digby Bell "The Tough Boy On The Right Field Fence" Edison cylinder (1909) Brooklyn baseball comedy
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November 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Also portrayed in this "mansplaining" scene, De Wolf Hopper's pal Digby Bell, famous for his "Tough Kid on the Right Field Fence." www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS7L...
In the stands, mansplaining.
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
In the stands, mansplaining.
Here's the daguerreotype:
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Here's the daguerreotype: