The Time Has Come for TV Replays in Baseball

June 14, 2011 by Peter Golenbock · Leave a Comment

Last night in Detroit, Rays outfielder Justin Ruggiano came flying around third and slid hard into home plate, avoiding the sweep tag of Detroit Tigers catcher Alex Avila. Ruggiano slid past the plate, spun around and nailed the plate with his foot just before Avila went to tag him again. (The second tag was further […]

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Game Over

October 5, 2010 by Judy Johnson · Leave a Comment

The 2010 season ended for the Red Sox this past Sunday with an 8-4 win over the New York Yankees. “For the first time since 2006, Game No. 162 of the regular season meant closure for the Red Sox. Before the game, players were signing bats for each other and packing up other keepsakes.Â It […]

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Say Yes To Instant Replay

September 16, 2010 by Jess Coleman · Leave a Comment

If there were ever a climax for the instant replay debate in baseball, it came on the night of September 15, 2010, when Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter pulled a â€œTom Cruiseâ€ when batting in the top of the seventh inning. With one out, and the Yankees down a run, Jeter squared to bunt on the […]

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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 […]

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Seamheads.com Partners With Strat-O-Matic

September 1, 2010 by Mike Lynch · 5 Comments

I’m proud and pleased to announce that we at Seamheads.com have partnered with the Strat-O-Matic Game Company to run season replays and serve as Strat’s official podcast, which will be launched later this month.Â Strat-O-Matic will be celebrating its 50th anniversary early in 2011 and to commemorate the occasion, we’ll be running a replay league […]

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