Earliest Baseball Memories

My friend and fellow Seamheads writer Alfonso L. Tusa C. suggested we ask our friends around the Internet to recount their earliest baseball memories.  Their responses were fantastic.  Here is what we came up with:

SHL World Series Preview

The Cleveland Indians finally defeated the upstart Montreal Expos last night to advance to the Seamheads Historical League World Series where they’ll face the Boston Red Sox.  The Sox have yet to lose in the playoffs, but a World Series victory is far from a foregone conclusion. Here’s how the teams stack up:

SHL Playoffs: Indians, Expos Down to Best-of-Three

With Bill James’ Boston Red Sox patiently waiting to see who they’ll face in the Seamheads Historical League World Series, Joe Posnanski’s Cleveland Indians face a Montreal squad, dubbed “The Little Expo That Could” by G.M. Jonah Keri, in a best-of-three showdown that begins with Game 5 on Sunday.  Oddly enough, Posnanski is rooting for […]

Frazee Book Named Ritter Award Finalist

I’m proud to announce that my book Harry Frazee, Ban Johnson, and the Feud That Nearly Destroyed the American League was a finalist for the Larry Ritter Award, given by SABR’s Deadball Era Committee to the author of the best new book related to the Deadball Era published in the previous year.

SHL Playoffs: Jays, Indians Continue Trading Punches

In a seesaw battle that has seen both teams throw knockout blows, the only question that remains is: Who will be the last one standing?

SHL Playoffs: Tribe, Jays Split First Two of Divisional Series

The first two games of the divisional series between the Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays have resembled a heavyweight bout, with Cleveland taking round one and Toronto round two.  The Blue Jays recovered from the haymaker the Indians threw at them in Game 1.  Will the Indians be able to recover from the uppercut […]

SHL Expansion Three: For All The Marbles

The Toronto Blue Jays cling to a two-game lead over the Arizona/Colorado D’Rocks with only four to go.  Can the Jays hang on or will the D’Rocks make a heroic run to the playoffs?

SABR Giving Away “The Emerald Guide to Baseball 2009” For Free

The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) has made The Emerald Guide to Baseball 2009 available for download at its web site.  The Guide is packed with 586 pages of baseball goodness and it’s FREE!

Book Review: “The Baseball Talmud”

Howard Megdal’s The Baseball Talmud: The Definitive Position-By-Position Ranking of Baseball’s Chosen Players was a joy to read, even for an Agnostic like me.

SHL Expansion Three: All or Nothing

With only 24 games left in the regular season, three teams are within four games of first place, but only one will make the playoffs, while the other two will spend the offseason playing virtual golf.

SHL: Scattered Hits From the Dog Days of Summer

Every week since the Seamheads Historical League launched I’ve written reports about the American Midwest and Expansion Three divisions, alternating as I go.  This week I’m supposed to write about the American Midwest, but the Cleveland Indians recently busted out a six-pack of “Little Big Horn” on the rest of the division and are currently […]

Touring the Bases with…Jack Perconte

On October 2, 1983, Red Sox legend and Lynch family hero Carl Yastrzemski lofted a high pop-up to the right of second base in his final major league at-bat, the ball finally settling into the glove of Indians second baseman Jack Perconte.  Only a few months later, Perconte moved west and spent the next two […]

SHL Expansion Three: July Unkind to All

Jays and D’Rocks battle through tough times at top of division; Mariners still have outside shot.

SHL American Midwest: Musical Chairs

For the third Monday in a row, a new team sits atop the Seamheads Historical League’s American Midwest division.

SHL Expansion Three: Power Bats and Arms Not Enough for M’s

The Seattle Mariners have power at the plate and on the hill, but still find themselves nine games out of first.

SHL American Midwest: Powerful Offense Has Tribe in Hunt

While the Orioles and White Sox have battled each other for first place in the American Midwest division, the third-place Cleveland Indians have stayed within shouting distance with a 27-25 record and a six-game deficit.

SHL: My Apologies

The next time you check the box scores and standings from the Seamheads Historical League, you may notice that things somehow changed from games 39-44.  The Pirates had a nine-game lead this morning and suddenly it’s down to three even though no new games have been played, and the players’ stats have mysteriously changed.  That’s […]

SHL American Midwest: Hose, O’s Battling for First

The team once known as the “Hitless Wonders” are anything but, while in typical fashion, the Orioles rely on their moundsmen to keep pace.

SHL: Scattered Hits

A near 30-game hitting streak comes to an end, southpaws Plank and Carlton toss one-hitters only a day apart, the Expos try to keep their starters’ arms from falling off, and A-Rod is benched in New York.

SHL Getting Mad Love (Especially from Canada)

League members aren’t the only ones enjoying the Seamheads Historical League.

SHL Expansion Three: Jays Stake Early Lead With Group Effort

One look at the Toronto Blue Jays’ home page is all it takes to understand why the Jays sit atop the Expansion Three division with a 12-6 record and a two game edge over the Arizona/Coloroda D-Rox.

SHL American Midwest: Pale Hose Putting “Big Hurt” on Rivals

White Sox first baseman Frank Thomas and pitchers Ed Walsh and Eddie Cicotte have the White Sox off to a rousing 9-2 start.

SHL Opening Day: Ryan Digs Deep, “Big Klu” Goes Massive

The Seamheads Historical League got off to a rousing start, and with four games already in the books, there’s plenty of buzz around the virtual ballparks.

Seamhead to Appear on Fantasy Pros 911 Podcast

I’ll be appearing on the Fantasy Pros 911 podcast tonight starting at 8:10 Eastern to discuss the Seamheads.com Hall of Fame vote, the web site, and possibly my upcoming book, It Ain’t So: A Might-Have-Been History of the White Sox in 1919 and Beyond.  You can find the podcast here, if you’re interested in tuning […]

Schiller Interviews Chad Durbin

Baseball Reflections founder and Seamheads.com contributor Peter Schiller interviewed Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Chad Durbin about what it’s like to be a champion, his career, and ShowcaseU.com.  Click here to read the interview.

2009 Hall of Fame Vote: Us vs. Them

More than a week ago, I asked members of my Seamheads group on Facebook, subscribers to SABR’s mailing list (SABR-L), and Seamheads.com writers and readers to cast a Hall of Fame ballot, and 253 of you responded.  Here are the final results of the 2009 Seamheads.com Hall of Fame voting, and a comparison to the […]

Rocking the (HOF) Vote with Steve Gietschier

In my second interview of Hall of Fame voting members, I asked friend, fellow SABR member, and former research editor at the Sporting News, Steve Gietschier, to share his votes and thoughts about the Hall of Fame.

Rocking the (HOF) Vote with Dave Kindred

When I asked sportswriter Dave Kindred if he’d share his Hall of Fame votes with me and my Seamheads group at Facebook, he gladly obliged, then agreed to share his thoughts on this year’s Hall of Fame class, and the voting process in general.

Seamheads 2009 Hall of Fame Vote

I have a Seamheads group at Facebook and I decided to see how many of the 284 members (and counting) I could get to submit a Hall of Fame ballot in an effort to see who we think should go into the Hall of Fame this year and how closely we mirror the actual voting.

1923 and the June 15 Trade Deadline

My publisher has asked me to do some editing on my latest manuscript, It Ain’t So: A Might-Have-Been History of the White Sox in 1919 and Beyond, so I don’t have much time to write anything fresh for Seamheads.  Here’s an article I posted to the site over a year ago.  I’ll post some new […]

The Favorite Toy and the Home Run King Revisited

Last year I wrote an article about the top home run hitters and their chances of eclipsing Barry Bonds’ 762 circuit clouts.  Here’s a look at their chances after putting up another season’s worth of four-baggers.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

From all of us here at Seamheads.com to all of you.  Thank you for making this a fantastic year!

The Seamheads.com Wayback Machine

I recently posed this question to members of my Seamheads group at Facebook: “If you could go back in time and witness one baseball game, event, or moment, which would it be?”

Living Vicariously Through Free Agency

Baseball fans were told Sunday by AP writer Tim Dahlberg that we should be outraged by the exorbitant salaries being handed to free agents this “winter.”  I’m feeling a lot of things right now, but outrage isn’t one of them.

Book Review: “Rumor in Town”

The story of Ellsworth “Babe” Dahlgren is about more than just the life of a ballplayer. It’s about redemption, loyalty, promises made and kept, and love; love between a grandfather and grandson, between a player and his boyhood idol, and between a man and the game he fell for at age six while sitting in […]

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