You’ve almost certainly heard of “Spoke,” though you more likely know him by the name Tris Speaker. What you might not know is that Speaker — a member of the Hall of Fame’s second ...

Yes, we know it’s nutty. We hope you enjoy. There are so many wonderfully unexpected origin stories in baseball, but I think Tris Speaker’s may be the best of them all. Before we get to that ...

The past really is a "distant mirror" of today. "Spoke," a biography of Indians Hall of Famer Tris Speaker by Ohio University history professor emeritus Charles Alexander (Southern Methodist ...

Tris Speaker was one of the biggest stars in the first decade of the American League. On this day in 1916, the Red Sox sent Speaker to the Cleveland Indians in a deal that worked out well for the ...

Tris Speaker, who would precede Pennock in election to the Hall by 11 years, scored the winning run from first base with two out on a bases-loaded single by pinch-hitter Joe Shaute. Speaker had ...