Opening Day, April 5, 1999 at the Ballpark in Arlington
Baseball in the 1990s
Opening Day, April 5, 1999 at the
Ballpark in Arlington
A useful guide to contemporary newspaper coverage of baseball is Rick Johnson's sports pages.com.
A stunning collection of baseball photographs are available at the Hall of Fame's 1998 Photo Contest site.
The 1997 and 1998 issues of Baseball Weekly are currently available on the net.
The Yankees return in the 1990s can be viewed through the covers of Sports Illustrated from the magazine's "New York Yankees Greatest Hits" presentation. Likewise The Sports News offering "The Yankees," during the decade offers covers with insights not only on the Yankees, but baseball and sport in general.
The Sporting News profiles the 100 most powerful figures in contemporary sport looking at athletes, corporate executives, media figures, and front office figures.
The Major League Baseball site's History and Records site offers short sketches of commissioners Faye Vincent and Bud Selig.
This page was last updated
August 21, 2002
Background image, an
old-timer (George Herman Ruth) takes his cuts,
during the 1940s. Photo provided by William R. Conroy.