Author: William E. Akin

West Virginia sprang into existence as a state in the midst of the Civil War, and ""base ball,"" as it was called then, was close on the heels of s...

In the wake of the 1919 White Sox scandal and the suspension for life of eight players, baseball saw a precipitous decline in popularity, especi...

The small and midsized cities of western Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia reached their peaks of population and prosperity in the second qua...