Astros Show Some Signs of Improvement in August
September 4, 2013 by Bill Gilbert · Leave a Comment
Before finishing the month of August with a disappointing five game losing streak, the Astros had shown some signs of being competitive. Though the team’s record in the month was only 8-21, the Astros led in 22 of their 29 games. That they only won 7 of these games pinpoints the team’s most glaring of […]
Astros Show Some Improvement in June
July 2, 2013 by Bill Gilbert · Leave a Comment
The Astros entered the final weekend of the month of June with a 12-12 record and a chance to have their first winning month in years. However, they were swept at home by the Los Angeles Angels and finished 12-15 for the month. The month started on a positive note as the Astros won their […]
Jerome Williams (Three-Hit Shutout), Jered Weaver (No-Hitter) Strut Their Stuff With More Than 100 Others at MLB Doorstep
May 3, 2012 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
My intention this week was to talk up the fact more than 100 Independent Baseball players now populate the rosters of the top two levels of major league-affiliated minor league teams, and while I will get back to that point it is impossible to overlook the masterful shutout turned in by Jerome Williams, who still […]
Kevin Collins: Many Cups of Coffee
November 8, 2011 by Andrew Martin · Leave a Comment
Kevin Collins grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts loving baseball. Like many children his dream was to one day play professional baseball for a living, and he was one of the lucky few to achieve that goal. Although he never became a regular player in the major leagues, he played parts of six seasons with three […]
Touring the Bases With…Juliana Paoli
May 4, 2010 by Norm Coleman · Leave a Comment
Juliana Paoli is Chief Marketing Officer of the San Jose Giants located in San Jose, California. They are an Affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. SEAMHEADS: You spoke at the Baseball Winter Meeting in Indianapolis last year and Las Vegas in 2008. You also said you were not comfortable as a public speaker. Do you […]
Naming Wrongs
March 11, 2010 by Gabriel Schechter · Leave a Comment
Shortly after I started working at the Hall of Fame library, I discovered a wonderful book published in the 1990s by Peter Filichia, titled Professional Baseball Franchises. It lists every minor-league team from the 1880s forward, including nicknames, league affiliations, classifications, renamings, and years of existence. It is indispensable for locating where people played, which […]
