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The Forgotten Heroes of Baseball

Steve Alvesteffer
January 30, 2026

The ultimate legacy for baseball players is induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. However, many players were overlooked, particularly those from the nineteenth century and from the negro leagues. Many worthy players were largely forgotten by baseball. Here are nineteen pre-1950 players who I think deserve a second look for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Your Life as an Experiment

Steve Alvesteffer
January 11, 2026

I’ve always been a fan of A.J. Jacobs’ fun life experiments. As I do with every book I read, I took copious notes as I read his book My Life as an Experiment. Typically, I would go through my notes and pull out twelve gems that I found most useful to share on this blog. This time around, I decided to hand my notes over to Gemini AI to help me find those gems.

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