Archive - Jim’s Substack (Backroads and Ballplayers)

Update 7-3-2025

In case you missed: Complete Games, Pitching a Maddux, and the Good Luck, Bad Luck of Johnny Sain and Hank Feldman:

Jul 3 •

June 2025

Backroads and Ballplayers #112

Stories of the famous and not-so-famous men and women from a time when baseball was "Arkansas' Game." Backroads and Ballplayers Weekly is always free…

Jun 30 •

Update 6-27-2025

MLB Draft stuff, another case of "Bad Luck," and a last shot at the "June Mystery Photo," with BIG hints.

Jun 27 •

Backroads and Ballplayers #111

Stories of the famous and not-so-famous men and women from a time when baseball was "Arkansas' Game." Backroads and Ballplayers Weekly is always free…

Jun 23 •

Backroads and Ballplayers #110

Stories of the famous and not-so-famous men and women from a time when baseball was "Arkansas' Game." Backroads and Ballplayers Weekly is always free…

Jun 17 •

Update 6-12-2025

Omaha, Beeks, and In Case You Missed...

Jun 12 •

Backroads and Ballplayers # 109

Stories of the famous and not-so-famous men and women from a time when baseball was "Arkansas' Game." Backroads and Ballplayers Weekly is always free…

Jun 9 •

Update 6-5-2025

Super Regional Schedule, Kevin McReynolds, and In Case You Missed...

Jun 5 •

Backroads and Ballplayers # 108

Stories of the famous and not-so-famous men and women from a time when baseball was "Arkansas' Game." Backroads and Ballplayers Weekly is always free…

Jun 2 •

May 2025

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