You can contact Len at the postal address above, by phone at 401-351-3278, or by e-mail at: lenlevin5@hotmail.com. Len welcomes your additions to the Research Library. Feel free to send them to him at the address above, or to call or send him an e-mail if you have any questions.

Baldassaro, Larry: Dashing Dagos and Walloping Wops: Media portrayal of Italian American major leaguers before World War II. 6 pages.

Blau, Clifford: Roster limits. 3 pages. Photocopy of article in Grandstand Baseball Annual, 2003, about the changes over the years in major league team roster limits.

Connors, Mike: Preacher Roe says spitball kept him out of Hall. 2 pages.  Text of an interview with Roe in 2002, carried by the Scripps Howard News Service.

D'Alessio, Dan:  Baseball and the lost art of bunting. 2 pages.

Falls, Joe: Only Denny knows for sure. 4 pages. Profile of Denny McLain before his "troubles." Photcopy of article in Sport magazine, October 1968.

Francis, C. Philip: The Preacher. 7 pages. An interview with Preacher Roe. Photocopy of an article in Grandstand Baseball Annual, 2003.

Gilbert, Bill: Triple Milestones, 2004. 13 pages. About players who achieved the Triple Milestones of a .300 batting average, 30 home runs and 100 runs batted in.

Gilbert, Bill: Rating the 2005 Hall of Fame Candidates Based on Win Shares. 3 pages.

Hano, Arnold: Bob Gibson: Symbol of a new breed. 6 pages. Photocopy of article in Sport magazine, May 1968.

Libby, Bill: How Don did it. 5 pages. Photocopy of article in Sport magazine, September 1968; a game-by-game description of Don Drysdale's shutout streak of that year.

McConnell, Jim: Short but sweet. 2 pages. About the Eddie Gaedel incident.  Photocopy of article in Grandstand Baseball Annual, 2003.

McEntire, Madison, compiler: Players who had 100 RBIs with multiple teams in a season, 1893-2004. 3 pages. A list, breaking down the player's RBIs with each team.

Munroe, Neil: Great pitching seasons: Ferguson Jenkins, 1971. 10 pages. Photocopy of article in Grandstand Baseball Annual, 2003.

Naiman, Joe: Port: Red Sox built base of championship. 1 page. Photocopy of article in the Fallbrook/Bonsall (Calif.) Village News, Nov. 4, 2004, based on an interview with Red Sox vice president Mike Port.

Newman, Roberta: The pitch: Baseball and advertising in the late 19th and eary 20th centuries. 27 pages. Text of a paper presented at the annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, June 2001.

Ringolsby, Tracy: A day in the life of a manager. 5 pages. Photocopy of article in Sport magazine, September 1984. The manager was Rene Lachemann, then of the Brewers.

Schott, Arthur O.: Major league baseball's first pitchers' duel. 1 page. Box score and other information about the game on May 5, 1876, in which George Bradley of St. Louis defeated Albert G. Spalding of Chicago, 1-0.

Schott, Arthur O.: Rogers Hornsby - a stellar hitter. 2 pages. A summary of Hornsby's batting accomplishments.

Schwartz, John: Umpires: 1, 2, 3 or 4 per game. 3 pages. Photocopy of article in Grandstand Baseball Annual, 2003, about the changing numbers of umpires in major league games.

Vincent, David: The progression of home run records by position, through 2004. 11 pages. Position-by-position progression of the season home run record and the career home run record at each position, plus designated hitter and pinch-hitter.

Weigand, Jim: The perfect game. 24 pages. Box scores, play-by-play and other information. Photocopy of article in Grandstand Baseball Annual, 2003.

Yellon, Al: Annual major league baseball Bottom-of-the-Heap awards, 2004 edition. 5 pages. The "worsts" of the 2004 season.

Yellon, Al: Team all-time records complete through 2004. 4 pages. Won-lost records of all present and defunct major league teams, plus other information.