St. Louis vs. Cincinnati
May 18, 2011 by Daniel Shoptaw · 4 Comments
How exactly did we get here? Â How did we come from St. Louis and Cincinnati having just a passing thought in each other’s minds to a knockdown, dragout rivalry between the two squads and the two fan bases? Â And, honestly, why is there such a rivalry, Johnny Cueto notwithstanding? The history of Cardinals and Reds […]
A Haunting in the Bronx
May 7, 2011 by Josh Deitch · 2 Comments
Call the Fantastic Four! Call the Ghostbusters! Hell, somebody at least get in touch with those meddlesome kids who travel around in a van with their dog. (Just tell them to leave Scrappy Doo at home.) Ghosts are haunting Yankee Stadium! The Curse of the Bambino—Babe Ruth’s posthumous revenge for Harry Frazee’s decision to sell […]
Next?
October 6, 2010 by Tim McCoy · Leave a Comment
John Russell offered a quiet presence and a patience that is either good or bad for a baseball team depending on the personnel. Three years after thinking it would be the right approach, the Bucs’ front office may have decided a different direction is needed to continue the rebuilding process letting Russell go with one […]
Hall of Fame Killers
May 18, 2010 by Justin Murphy · 1 Comment
Any Seamheads reader should know by now that there’s a lot of good information at baseball-reference.com. In particular, in the Play Index. For instance: in the last decade, Miguel Tejada led the majors with 223 groundball double play, 28 more than runner-up Paul Konerko. That is only one ground ball short of Jim Rice’s 224 […]
