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- Researchers compiled a catalog of over 850 U.S. baseball dissertations and theses from 1908 to 2024.
- Penn State student Nichols recorded over 1,000 baseball terms, including “at bat” (1861) and “whiff” (1881).
- Marquette student Michael Morrissey’s 2009 knuckleball study using a wind tunnel and Minnesota student Matthew Mihalka’s 2012 dissertation of baseball’s sonic history, which noted a 1941 Wrigley Field organ and profiled organist Nancy Faust, expanded coverage of sport.
