“The Greatest Game Ever Pitched” At 50
July 2, 2013 by Jim Kaplan · Leave a Comment
Today is the 50th anniversary of a pitching duel I chronicled in a book called “The Greatest Game Ever Pitched.” On July 2-3, 1963, 42-year-old Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves and 25-year-old Juan Marichal of the San Francisco Giants staged a 16-inning, 428-pitch clash that might still be going if it weren’t for a […]
Seamheads.com Beefs Up Its Roster For 2010
March 1, 2010 by Mike Lynch · Leave a Comment
Recently I put out a call for new writers and was floored by the response. In just a week, we’ve added 36 new writers, a lot of whom are professionals or have had the pleasure of covering baseball during their lives, including Sean Lahman, Gabriel Schechter, and former ESPN senior writer Jon Pessah, who helped […]
Book Review: “This BAD DAY in Yankees History”
May 25, 2009 by Mike Lynch · Leave a Comment
Gabriel Schechter’s book, This BAD DAY is Yankees History, doesn’t just bash the Yankees, it also takes the reader on a fascinating trip through baseball’s past.
