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Live chat with baseball historian John Thorn

Author John Thorn, Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball, answers reader questions on Opening Day.

John Thorn, Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball, is the author and editor of numerous baseball books, including "Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game," published by Simon & Schuster. His other books include "Treasures of the Baseball Hall of Fame" and the "Total Baseball" encyclopedia series. Thorn, a member of the Society of American Baseball Research (SABR), was the senior creative consultant for Ken Burns' "Baseball" series. He joined readers for an Opening Day discussion -- you can replay it here.