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Base Ball Style Guide

General Instructions
Base Ball invites article submissions related to amateur and professional baseball at all levels through 1920. See our submission guidelines for further information.


Style
Articles should be prepared according to The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition. Avoid contractions, first- or second-person pronouns, one- and two-sentence paragraphs, repetition, and jargon. Italicize as needed but refrain from using headline-style all-caps and reserve bolding for headings and subheadings. Except in quotations, render special terms according to modern convention (e.g., "World Series" instead of "world's series"). All articles accepted for publication are subject to editorial changes.


Reference Citations
As a research journal, Base Ball places great importance on documentation. Source citations, in the form of endnotes, and a bibliography are required, and each should be saved in a file separate from the text. While many primary sources appropriate for quotation in Base Ball lie in the public domain, written permissions may be required for materials either unpublished or published after 1922.


Illustrations
Illustrations related in some meaningful way to the article topic are considered. Good-quality prints or scans (300 dpi or greater, at full size) and all necessary permissions must be provided to the editor at the time of article delivery. All illustrations will be reproduced in black and white. Base Ball does not include sidebars.


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