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Dubuque’s Adopted Son – Charles A. Comiskey

August 29, 2025 John T. Pregler

The following article first appeared in the July-August 2025 issue of the Iowa History Journal.  The train rolled into the…

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Posted in: Baseball, Biography, Dubuque Filed under: Baseball, Charles "Chuck" Comiskey II, Charles A. Comiskey, Dubuque, Louis Comiskey, Red Faber, Ted Sullivan, Tom Loftus, Western League

The Evolution of the American League

December 28, 2022 John T. Pregler

The following article first appeared in the Fall 2022 edition of the Society of American Baseball Research’s (SABR) Baseball Research…

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Posted in: Baseball, Dubuque Filed under: American League, Baseball, Charley Comiskey, Northwestern League, Ted Sullivan, Tom Loftus, Western Association, Western League

Tom Loftus: The American League’s Forgotten Founding Father

June 24, 2020 John T. Pregler

The following article first appeared in the Spring 2020 edition of the Society for American Baseball Research’s (SABR) Baseball Research…

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Posted in: Baseball, Biography, Dubuque Filed under: American League, Charles Comiskey, Ted Sullivan, Tom Loftus, Western League

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