Nestor: A prominent secondary character in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, where he appears as an elderly warrior who frequently offers advice to the other characters. The word is used to describe a wise old man, a patriarch, or the senior, most experienced leader in a particular field. Many of the artifacts of early baseball have been lost to time. Those that survive often find their way into private collections through auctions and sometimes through nefarious ways. For example, several rare baseball-related items have been stolen from the New York Public Library’s A.G. Spalding Baseball Collection over the years. Sometime between … Continue reading →