Harvey vs. Scherzer is Like Deja Vu All Over Again
August 23, 2013 by Mike Lynch · Leave a Comment
Tomorrow’s bout between the New York Mets and Detroit Tigers at Citi Field would most likely be ignored outside of New York and Michigan but for the anticipated match-up of two of the game’s best pitchers—24-year-old phenom Matt Harvey and 28-year-old all-but-guaranteed-to-win-the-AL Cy Young Award, Max Scherzer. Granted the Tigers don’t have anything clinched yet, […]
The Greatest Character of the Game: Casey Stengel’s Baseball
April 6, 2011 by Seamheads · 2 Comments
In its longstanding relationship with baseball, New York City has been home to four Major League teams: the Yankees, Giants, Dodgers, and Mets. But the first man to wear all four uniforms and only one to do it while each team still resided in New York was Casey Stengel. Dubbed by sportswriters “The Professor” for […]
The Greatest Pitching Duels of the Century
March 10, 2011 by Gabriel Schechter · 4 Comments
Sticking to my policy of reviewing only books I can highly recommend, I bring you a gem by Jim Kaplan, long-time “Sports Illustrated” writer and author of a dozen previous baseball books, including a fine biography of Lefty Grove. His new volume, titled The Greatest Game Ever Pitched: Juan Marichal, Warren Spahn, and the Pitching […]
