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.
Here's the daguerreotype:
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Here's the daguerreotype:
I think it better to honor the work if not the man. See: Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, et al.
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I think it better to honor the work if not the man. See: Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, et al.
Jackie Robinson also played with Chet Brewer's Kansas City Royals after leaving the Monarchs in 1945. Jules Tygiel and I wrote this story in 1988. ourgame.mlblogs.com/jackie-robin...
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Jackie Robinson also played with Chet Brewer's Kansas City Royals after leaving the Monarchs in 1945. Jules Tygiel and I wrote this story in 1988. ourgame.mlblogs.com/jackie-robin...
Aha. I see that you have taken the image for Stoolball, not Base Ball.
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Aha. I see that you have taken the image for Stoolball, not Base Ball.
"To the next destin'd post" ... missing from your image.
November 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"To the next destin'd post" ... missing from your image.
I still rue this day. ourgame.mlblogs.com/every-pictur...
Every Picture Tells a Story: The Stick
Every Picture Tells a Story: The Stick Yesterday we gathered in Cooperstown to celebrate the annual Baseball Hall of Fame Induction, honoring Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza. This day was about the …
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November 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I still rue this day. ourgame.mlblogs.com/every-pictur...
Droll reference to his famous quote.
November 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Droll reference to his famous quote.
Annakin Slayd made good use of the This Week in Baseball closing theme: “Gathering Crowds,” composed by John Scott.
November 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Annakin Slayd made good use of the This Week in Baseball closing theme: “Gathering Crowds,” composed by John Scott.