Upon This Quiet Life

Charles Sayles was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky. An eighteen-year-old painter, he was 6’1”, with a light complexion, gray eyes, and...

This time, we’re at Philadelphia’s Columbia Park for Game 1 of the (Simulated) 1902 ALCS. Red Donahue is the starter for the St. Louis...

From The Courier-Journal, April 23, 1864 The Theatres – At Wood’s, Mr. and Miss Couldock close their highly successful engagement, and...

Corporal Charles Hamilton Pulliam was born in Bridgeport, Kentucky on May 25, 1842, the son of Barnabas Pulliam and Frances Crockett. A...

So now that we have one of our 1902 Simulated World Series teams, we turn to the American League and the best-of-five ALCS. Connie Mack’s...

Corporal William Orchard was a twenty-seven-year old carpenter, born in Hawnesdale, Pennsylvania, the son of William and Emma Orchard....

It’s a must-win Game 4 in Brooklyn as Jay Hughes takes the mound for the Superbas against the Pirates’ Sam Leever. The Pirates got on the...

Corporal Michael Moloney was born in 1831 in County Limerick, Ireland. A stonecutter, he arrived in the United States on May 4, 1849...

For Game 3 of the (Simulated) 1902 NLCS, the scene shifts to Brooklyn’s Washington Park as Jesse Tannehill goes for Pittsburgh while Doc...

From the Paducah Sun, January 25, 1907 Merry Wives Comes to Paducah Monday Night, Jan. 28 First Time Here Louis James Supported by Nellie...

William Thomas Middleton was born in Shelby County on January 31, 1840, the son of James Scott Middleton and Amanda Storts. A farmer, he...

Lousy day for a ball game as Game 2 begins in Pittsburgh’s Exposition Park – overcast and damp. Frank Kitson looks to give the Superbas a...

Barnabas McHenry Harwood was born on February 1, 1839 in Hartford, Kentucky, the son of Pendleton Harwood and Jane McHenry. A farmer, he...

Today in Game 1 of our Simulated 1902 NLCS, Hall of Famer Jack Chesbro pitches for Pittsburgh while Wild Bill Donovan goes for Brooklyn....

James Leander Hardin was born in Oldham County, Kentucky, on April 16, 1838, the son of Warner Hardin and Catherine Ann Hitt. A lawyer,...

According to the blog and baseball authority The Bleacher Report, the 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates were the seventh best baseball team in...

From the Lexington Kentucky Gazette, May 9, 1822 On Friday Evening, April 26, When will be presented Shakespeare’s Tragedy Othello Moor...

Harry Hall was born in Boone County, Indiana. He was a twenty-six-year-old farmer. Hall was 5’8 ½”, with a light complexion, gray eyes...

So our simulated 1919 World Series . . . ended up exactly the same way the real one did, other than having fewer gamblers, with the Reds...

Thomas Madison Fisher was born March 28, 1841 in Shelbyville, Kentucky, the son of Horatio Appoen Fisher and Hannah Mariah Eads. He was a...