Final Rosters Set For 1916 Mid-Summer Exhibition!
September 28, 2013 by Mike Lynch · 3 Comments
Voting has concluded for the upcoming three-game series that will pit the best of the National League against the best of the American League as selected by you, the fans! Both rosters are loaded with talent and competition to prove which circuit is superior will be fierce. Since the loops began meeting in the world’s […]
Derek Jeter Moves Up All-Time Hits List
May 27, 2012 by Seamheads · Leave a Comment
Derek Jeter moves up all-time hits list (via AFP) New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter tied George Brett for 14th on Major League Baseball’s all-time hits list with two singles in New York’s 9-2 victory over Oakland. Jeter on Saturday tied Hall of Famer Brett at 3,154 hits with a bunt single in the fifth […]
The Ultimate Seven-Game Fall Classic: Game Five
November 9, 2010 by Mike Lynch · Leave a Comment
In part one of my Ultimate Seven-Game Fall Classic series, I featured Game One of the 1988 World Series between the Oakland A’s and Los Angeles Dodgers, won by the latter on Kirk Gibson’s walk-off two-run homer off Dennis Eckersley, ironic because it was Eck who coined the phrase “walk-off piece.” Part two featured an […]
Touring The Bases With…Brent Mayne
August 11, 2010 by Bob Lazzari · Leave a Comment
Catcher Brent Mayne was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the first round (#13 overall) of the 1989 amateur draft and made his major league debut only a year later, rapping an RBI single off Twins pitcher Scott Erickson in his first major league at-bat. Mayne spent 15 seasons in the big leagues with […]
