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Tue, January 06, 2009
While writing last week about Zoilo Versalles, I discussed the accepted wisdom that the 1965 Twins won the pennant because they had adopted a ‘small ball’ approach. This prominently featured aggressive baserunning and improved fundamental defense, and was in opposition to their previous slugging teams, especially in 1964. After a brief look at the numbers, though, I am not completely convinced by that assumption.
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Mon, January 05, 2009
Fri, January 02, 2009
by Mike Lynch
My publisher has asked me to do some editing on my latest manuscript, It Ain’t So: A Might-Have-Been History of the White Sox in 1919 and Beyond, so I don’t have much time to write anything fresh for Seamheads. Here’s an article I posted to the site over a year ago. I’ll post some new material soon.
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Thu, January 01, 2009
by Tom Stone
In early 2007 at my personal blog, Philosopher Stone, I blogged on the topic of all-time switch-hitters. Specifically, the blog posting’s focus was on Switch Hitters and Speed .
Given the continued hitting excellence of Chipper Jones, I thought I’d update this posting and give my question about the connection between switch hitting and speed a broader audience here at Seamheads.
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The Yankees’ dominance of the off-season free agent market has not sparked the outrage of a Madoff or Blagojevich. Yet even in these days when shock and awe have been defined upward by the wild events of the day, the Yankee’s outsized spending spree renders those of us outside that sphere of influence incredulous. Is there a tipping point where the Yankees’ influence within the game is more than just unseemly and demands addressing effectively?
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Mon, December 29, 2008
by Tom Stone
The 2008 edition (37th volume) of The Baseball Research Journal (available only to SABR members) had a couple of good articles on the baseball Triple Crowns, one by Bill Nowlin and one by John E. Daniels. The article by Nowlin, titled The OBP Triple Crown, discussed who the Triple Crown winners would have been had on-base percentage been substituted for batting average. Others have done similar exercises, creating alternate triple crown listings using an assortment of statistical measures. But Nowlin’s article in particular got me thinking about the seasons where a player led the league — or was amongst the leaders — in the most categories.
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Sun, December 28, 2008
by Steve Kelley
Other than winning a World Series, most baseball players’ ultimate goal is to reach the Hall of Fame. This is rarely a quickly accomplished goal; just ask Jim Rice, Bert Blyleven, or any number of players who played very well during their career but have agonized for years over not being selected to the elite of the elite.
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Sat, December 27, 2008
by Mike Lynch
Last year I wrote an article about the top home run hitters and their chances of eclipsing Barry Bonds’ 762 circuit clouts. Here’s a look at their chances after putting up another season’s worth of four-baggers.
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Fri, December 26, 2008
Wed, December 24, 2008
by Mike Lynch
From all of us here at Seamheads.com to all of you. Thank you for making this a fantastic year!
Tue, December 23, 2008
by Matt Sisson
In the midst of a very active hot stove season, today stands out as a day in history when the baseball world stood still.
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Fri, December 19, 2008
In the 19th century, there were two different sets of rules for baseball. The ‘Knickerbocker Rules’, created by Alexander Cartwright in 1845, was played predominantly by New Yorkers and is the considered the basis for the modern rules of baseball. The other type of baseball was popular in New England with amateur teams and went by the name ‘The Massachusetts Game’.
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Sat, December 13, 2008
by Josh Deitch
This always happens. For a few weeks every December, baseball holds its winter meetings and returns to the spotlight. The NBA and NHL have only just begun (and that’s assuming you consider the NHL a true professional sports league at this point), and most of the trade rumors and free agent signings occur midweek, so they don’t compete with the meat of the NFL. Over the past few days, conversations at the office have focused not on Brandon Jacobs’ knee or Plaxico Buress’ impersonation of Cheddar Bob from 8 Mile, but on baseball.
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Fri, December 12, 2008
Thu, December 11, 2008
The author’s second book, Ted Williams and the 1969 Washington Senators: The Last Winning Season, is scheduled to be released by McFarland Publishing on February 24, 2009.
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Wed, December 10, 2008
Mark Teixeira did not sign with the Red Sox when they drafted him out of high school. With Scott Boras already in hand and providing excellent career advice he ignored the $1.5 million dollar offer and went to Georgia Tech where he got seven times as much when he signed his first pro contract three years later. As Lee Jenkins says in his excellent SI piece on Teixeira, his business smarts are almost as good as his impressive baseball skill set. So what does the man with the MBA sense decide to do now?
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Tue, December 09, 2008
This topic, like the use of modern day bullpens, are both subjects that I definitely have an opinion on. Both of these articles show my “Old School” thinking on baseball. I guess you can say that I’m sort of a hybrid baseball thinker. So here it goes…
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by Gene Carney
No, the shadows of Cooperstown are not yet falling over deep piles and drifts of snow. (In fact, I’ve guaranteed that we will have a mild winter, by buying a new snow-thrower.) Instead, this title refers to the contents of this issue — pure Fantasyland. My Sweet Sixteen tournament concludes, with the Cubs and Tigers facing off — just like 1908. And then a sort of sneak preview of a coming series, the Deadball Era Stars versus the Sluggers.
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Sat, December 06, 2008
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