Upon This Quiet Life

The skies are ominous as we get ready for Game 1 at Greenlee Field in Pittsburgh - the New York Black Yankees vs. the Pittsburgh...

Private James Love was a twenty-three-year-old farmer when he signed up with Company A. He was born in Spencer County, Kentucky, the son...

So in the wake of the Cubans’ latest upset, it’s onward and upward to the second and last semifinal – previewing the New York Black...

Private Henry Leffler was born in Washington County, Indiana. Leffler was twenty-two years old at the beginning of the war; he was a...

Today we’re back in New York’s Dyckman Oval for Game 5 of our latest simulated 1936 playoff series. This time, the Kansas City Monarchs...

Private Michael Leary was born in Ireland. At his enlistment, he was an eighteen-year-old farmer, 5’5 ½”, with a light complexion, blue...

From the Louisville Courier-Journal, November 9, 1902 Among the members of the Warde and James Company, which will be seen at Macauley’s...

With the Cubans leading 2-1 in this first 1936 Simulated Semifinal playoff, we’re back in New York’s Dyckman Oval for Game 4. The...

Private Stephen Addison Kinkead was born on October 19, 1843 in Shelby County, the son of Allen Kinkead and Sarah Ellis. A farmer when he...

We’re back for Game 3, as the series scene shifts to Dyckman Oval in New York, the home field of the New York Cubans. Today, Andy Cooper...

Private Christian Keifer was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. A twenty-one year old farmer, he was 5’2 ½”, with a dark complexion,...

Welcome back everybody to Kansas City’s Muehlebach Field for Game 2 of our first simulated 1936 Semifinal Series. With the surprising New...

Private John Jakes was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, and was twenty-eight years old when he enlisted. He was 6’1”, with a dark...

Dennis Humphreys was born on February 8, 1836 in Louisville. A farmer, Humphreys was 5’7”, with a fair complexion, hazel eyes, and light...

Today, we’re at Kansas City’s Muehlebach Field for Game 1 of the simulated semifinal series, the New York Cubans versus the Kansas City...

Patrick Hogan was a thirty-five-year-old laborer when the war began. He was born in Ireland. Hogan was six feet tall, with a light...

We’re four series in for our simulated 1936 Negro League playoffs, and we’ve reached the first seven-game semifinal series: the...

George Hickman was an eighteen-year-old farmer from Shelby County, Kentucky. Hickman was 5’10”, with a light complexion, blue eyes, and...

History records that the first night baseball game in MLB history was at Cincinnati’s Crosley Field, with the Reds beating the...

Private Thomas Hazelett was born in Butler County, Pennsylvania. Hazelett was forty-three at the time of his enlistment and was working...