Pete Rose's Quest for Reinstatement
By William J. Kovatch, Jr.
This week I address the arguments against Pete Rose's reinstatement, and show that as a legend of the game he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.
Who Were the Dolly Vardens of Philadelphia?
While searing the Internet and browsing through social media to find topics to highlight during African-American History Month, I came across a tweet claiming that the Philadelphia Dolly Vardens, a team of all African-American women, became the first professional baseball team in 1867, a full two years before the formation of the Cincinnati Red Stockings. Intrigued, but also skeptical, I wanted to find out more about the Dolly Vardens. The first thing I noticed is that the statement that the Dolly Vardens were the first professional baseball team, or the first team to be paid to play baseball, is repeated on numerous websites, tweets, and Instagram posts without any citation or reference to an original source. One Facebook page, entitled “The Dolly Varden Project,” even posts a photo of an all-female African-American team claiming it to be of the Dolly Vardens. Further research, however, reveals the photo to be of a team organized by a YMCA in the 1920s. ...
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