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Written by Larry Granillo
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Friday, 03 October 2008 11:06 |
It's sometimes easy to forget just how cool of a world we live in. As I do my best to collect the various annual preview guides, I discover again and again that the internet has me beat by miles (well, in one way... it's still a thousand times easier and more fun to own and read physical magazine instead of computer files/web pages).
As of today, I know of these digital archives:
- The Sports Illustrated Vault - a collection of every Sports Illustrated issue ever, online and for free; the search functionality makes it more difficult to go through than it should
- Baseball Digest Monthly on Google Book Search - the full back catalog of Baseball Digest Monthly, since 1945, is available for free viewing within Google Book Search; being on Google, the search functionality is fantastic, and makes it real easy to find what you're looking for
- UPDATED 1/
1823/09: The Sporting News Vault - all issues of TSN are available for viewing and searching online to registered users through their Paper of Record service. See my post about it here. (Since you must be registered to use the service, I am unable to link to the specific preview issues here.) Sadly, the Sporting News Vault is no longer available.
I will update this page with more archives as I find them.
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The list below provides direct links to each publication's annual preview issue for each year.
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Sports Illustrated |
Baseball Digest |
| 1945 |
(no issue) |
(no issue)
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| 1946 |
(no issue) |
(no issue)
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| 1947 |
(no issue) |
May 1947
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| 1948 |
(no issue) |
April 1948
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| 1949 |
(no issue) |
(no issue)
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| 1950 |
(no issue) |
April 1950
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| 1951 |
(no issue) |
April 1951
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| 1952 |
(no issue) |
(no issue)
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| 1953 |
(no issue) |
April 1953
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| 1954 |
(no issue) |
April 1954
|
| 1955 |
April 11, 1955
April 18, 1955
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April 1955
|
| 1956 |
April 9, 1956
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April 1956
|
| 1957 |
April 15, 1957
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April 1957
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| 1958 |
April 14, 1958
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April 1958
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| 1959 |
April 13, 1959
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April 1959
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| 1960 |
April 11, 1960
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March 1960
|
| 1961 |
April 10, 1961
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April 1961
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| 1962 |
April 9, 1962
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April 1962
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| 1963 |
April 8, 1963
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April 1963
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| 1964 |
April 13, 1964
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March 1964
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| 1965 |
April 19, 1965
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April 1965
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| 1966 |
April 18, 1966
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April 1966
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| 1967 |
April 17, 1967
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April 1967
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| 1968 |
April 15, 1968
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April 1968
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| 1969 |
April 14, 1969
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April 1969
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| 1970 |
April 13, 1970
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April 1970
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| 1971 |
April 12, 1971
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April 1971
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| 1972 |
April 10, 1972
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April 1972
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| 1973 |
April 9, 1973
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April 1973
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| 1974 |
April 8, 1974
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April 1974
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| 1975 |
April 7, 1975
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April 1975
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| 1976 |
April 12, 1976
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April 1976
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| 1977 |
April 11, 1977
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April 1977
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| 1978 |
April 10, 1978
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April 1978
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| 1979 |
April 9, 1979
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April 1979
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| 1980 |
April 7, 1980
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April 1980
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| 1981 |
April 13, 1981
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April 1981
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| 1982 |
April 12, 1982
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April 1982
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| 1983 |
April 4, 1983
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April 1983
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| 1984 |
April 2, 1984
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April 1984
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| 1985 |
April 15, 1985
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April 1985
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| 1986 |
April 14, 1986
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April 1986
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| 1987 |
April 6, 1987
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April 1987
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| 1988 |
April 4, 1988
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(no issue)
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| 1989 |
April 5, 1989
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April 1989
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| 1990 |
April 16, 1990
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April 1990
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| 1991 |
April 15, 1991
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April 1991
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| 1992 |
April 6, 1992
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April 1992
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| 1993 |
April 5, 1993
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April 1993
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| 1994 |
April 4, 1994
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April 1994
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| 1995 |
May 1, 1995
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April 1995
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| 1996 |
April 1, 1996
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April 1996
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| 1997 |
March 31, 1997
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April 1997
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| 1998 |
March 23, 1998
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(no issue)
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| 1999 |
March 29, 1999
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April 1999
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2000
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March 27, 2000
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April 2000
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2001
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March 26, 2001
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April 2001
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2002
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March 25, 2002
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April 2002
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2003
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March 31, 2003
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April 2003
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2004
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April 5, 2004
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April 2004
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2005
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April 4, 2005
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March 2005
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2006
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April 3, 2006
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April 2006
2006 Annual Guide
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2007
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March 26, 2007
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March 2007
2007 Annual Guide
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2008
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March 31, 2008
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(no issue) |
2009
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April 6, 2009
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(no issue) |
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About Me
What's with the name?
"Wezen" is the name of a star in the constellation Canis Major ("The Great Dog"). It's the star that marks the, ahem, point where the dog's tail meets its hindlegs. It's a name that I've always liked the sound of and so I used it around the internet.
When I started this blog, I didn't expect to put a lot of time into it, so I just gave it the first name I could think of. Now I like it, no matter how strange it may sound, and I just love how the new banner and background make use of it.
What's the site about?
There is no real, overriding philosophy guiding the posts here at Wezen-Ball.com. Instead, it's just a place for me to write about what I find interesting in the baseball world. Sometimes that means it'll be original statistical research that I've been working on or some other opinions that I might have. Usually, though, I'll be writing about how a certain player, team, or event from the past was viewed through contemporary accounts.
I do this mostly through the use of my collection of annual baseball preview magazines or other resources available online. So, whether it's looking back to see if Jim Rice was truly "feared"by the people who saw him play, or it's looking back to see how Greg Maddux was viewed early in his career, or if it's just looking back to see what people predicted baseball would be like in the year 2000 (from 1981), you'll find it here.
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