Through the Eyes of Patriots Fan: “Hip, hip, Jorge!”
August 18, 2013 by Bob Hurte · Leave a Comment
Not only was it another beautiful evening at TD Bank park (8/17), it was also a game that featured fireworks during and after the game. The Patriots sent veteran, and former major league pitcher Brad Thompson to the mound. He gave up five hits and three runs in the top half of the first inning […]
Are 1800s Innings Pitched Totals Valid?
April 9, 2013 by Josh Robbins · 1 Comment
Should the enormous innings pitched totals of hurlers in the nineteenth century be adjusted based on the distance thrown? In order to compare eras, let’s take a closer look at the progression of distances from the pitching “box” to home plate since 1876. 1876-1880: 45 feet 1881-1892: 50 feet 1893-2013: 60 feet 6 in In […]
Rave Reviews for Newest Can-Am Stadium For the Rockland Boulders
June 16, 2011 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
The consensus seemed unanimous. The Can-Am League’s new Rockland (NY) Boulders have a winner in $38 million Provident Bank Park, which opened—and appeared virtually completed—to a sold out crowd Thursday night. A 6,000-seat facility only an hour or so north of New York City it has all the amenities any new stadium should have plus […]
Costas, Olbermann, Schilling, Firestone Head All-Star Cast of Replay League Participants
September 13, 2010 by Mike Lynch · 3 Comments
Recently Seamheads.com partnered with Strat-O-Matic to run season replays and serve as their official podcast, and when I learned that Strat was going to be celebrating its 50th anniversary early in 2011, I decided to pull out all the stops, figuring what better way to celebrate than to run a replay league with teams run […]
Search for Pitching Continues
July 16, 2010 by Bob Wirz · 2 Comments
While it is still a bit early to make too many judgments about the second half of the Atlantic League season, one can be certain the six teams still in search of postseason berths will constantly monitor their pitching. Do we have enough? Starters? Relievers? Who might be available?      At least three former major […]
Another Brick in the Wall
June 2, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment
Is Strasburg’s looming debut next Tuesday more important for the future of the Nationals, or Roy Oswalt’s admission on Tuesday of this week, that he would accept a trade to Washington? The two are inextricably linked. Â Oswalt’s view that there are good things going on in Washington redounds to the excitement Strasburg is generating, but […]
Hall of Famers at War – Warren Spahn
March 12, 2010 by Gary Bedingfield · 4 Comments
Warren Spahn, the winningest left-handed pitcher in major league history, received a battlefield commission in 1945. Warren Spahn was born in Buffalo, New York on April 23, 1921. He played first base for the Buffalo City Athletic Club and pitched for South Park High School in Buffalo where he led the team to a series […]
