AboutGeorge W. Case III Expertise WW II era major league baseball history - questions about specific WWII era players, stadiums, life in the major leagues, teams, impact of major league baseball upon American society during WWII (FDR's "Green Light" letter to the then Commissioner of Baseball) and the relationship of President Roosevelt with Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith in an effort to keep baseball "alive" during the darkest days of WWII.
Experience Son of a former major league baseball player, George Case Jr. who played in the major leagues from 1937-1947.
I was the former Executive Director of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)
Have produced a DVD taken from my father's 8MM COLOR "home movies" of life in the major leagues from a ballplayer's perspective - currently marketing this DVD privately and also in conjunction with www.baseballdirect.com
Publications SABR Bulletin - "Case's Corner" - newsletter of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)
"Growing Up at Griffith Stadium" - article published courtesy of The Big Train (Walter Johnson Baseball League) - Bethesda Maryland
Education/Credentials BA - Rutgers University 1963
MA - Rider University 1979
Awards and Honors Former Executive Director of SABR
Consultant and speaker - City of Trenton NJ baseball exhibit - "When Trenton Baseball Roared Like Thunder" - 1994
Question I just don't get baseball at all. How can New York have the Yankees and the Mets? I know this extend to other sports. How can Texas have five separate football teams? Do teams from the same state ever play each other?
Answer All the time - for example - in Pennsylvania - NFL Pittsburgh Steelers play Philadelphia Eagles, MLB - Pittsburgh Pirates play Philadelphia Philles, in California - NFL - LA Rams play SF 49's and/or Oakland Raiders, NHL - Pittsburgh Penguins play Philadelphia Flyers, in NYC - MLB - Yankees play the Mets, in NHL - Buffalo Sabres play NY Rangers - in California - MLB - LA Dodgers play the SF Giants just a few examples
In Major League Baseball, interleague play has provided many opportunities for "cross-town" rivalries - Cubs - White Sox in Chicago, Mets - Yankees in NY
In baseball's earlier days, there were only a few cross-town rivalries other than in a World Series - Brooklyn Dodgers vs NY Giants is probably the most famous exanple - in many major league cities, if they had (2) teams - one was in the American League - Philadelphia A's and National League - Philadelphia Phillies, or in Boston - American League Boston Red Sox and National League Boston Braves or in Chicago - American League White Sox and National League Cubs or in St. Louis - American League Browns and National League Cardinals
In those days teams from the same city but different leagues only played each other in exhibition games or during a "subway" World Series - NY Yankees vs Brooklyn Dodgers is a prime example
