Instead of “Running Down a Dream,” today’s blog should be called “Running Down a Coach.”

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Usually, midpoint in the season, I’m faced with the decision of choosing one standout athlete over another, or several others. It is most certainly not typical to find myself casting about for inspiration. If you’ve been following the team, though, you know this been an unusual season for our ballclub.

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I can remember sitting in class as a 3rd grader at Lake Magdalene Elementary School.  As the class was surely learning something important such as their multiplication tables or cursive, I sat reading my Amazing But True Sports Stories book which promised “More than 80 Stories with Lots of Photos,”  a seemingly perfect concept for a simple-minded 8-year-old.

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Much like a child who continually tests your patience, then surprises you by doing something sweet and kind (not that either of my kids would ever do that, of course), Todd Wellemeyer came out and gave a jolt to Cardinal Nation.

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Detailing the sale of the New York Yankees to Col. Jacob Ruppert in 1914.

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Casey Rana (U Texas – Permian Basin) tossed a complete game one-hitter, and Geneva executed a suicide squeeze in the top of the ninth to defeat Webster 4-2, in New York Collegiate Baseball League action, Thursday night.

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The latest version of the Seamheads (aka KJOK) Ballparks database has been loaded to the site (see http://seamheads.com/db/databases.htm, then click Ballpark Stat Splits.  There is also a link for the documentation file.)

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Kevin Wheeler offers his take on how the All-Star rosters should shape up this year…

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Emory University’s Steve Bralver was named Most Valuable Player of the Division III University Athletic Association after hitting .375 with seven homers and 61 RBIs this year, but went undrafted in Major League Baseball’s amateur draft.  Instead of giving up on his dream of being a major leaguer, Bralver is embarking on a journey to the Midwest where he’ll be trying out for a handful of teams, hoping to catch someone’s eye.  He’s also agreed to blog about his experience here at Seamheads.com.

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As most of you know, my first name is Daniel.  Daniel, of course, was a prophet in the Old Testament.  For one night, at least, I got a chance to emulate my forbearer.

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For now, there appears to be no slowing the Webster Yankee bus.

Three pitchers combined to hold Niagara to six hits and one run while Steve Muoio (Georgia C&S) led a 13-hit attack as the pinstripes pounded the Power 8-1 in New York Collegiate Baseball League action, Wednesday night.

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What has happened to tradition in our modern day lives?

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I don’t think of Albert Pujols as a home run hitter. I mean, obviously he can hit home runs, that’s never been in doubt.

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The wildest year in baseball history was 1884. Pitchers reached milestones never heard of before, and within a few years would be unheard of again.

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 All Time Baseball League-simulation baseball

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I’d like to mention Garrett is a friend. He is one of those rare athletes who seems to grasp the importance of a well-balanced perspective, whether it’s in baseball, business, life. In Garrett’s World, looking out for others is not an obligation or responsibility—it’s just done.

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Deconstructing Jim Bowden in Washington is starting to look like fun.  The trade of Lastings Milledge to Pittsburgh for Nyjer Morgan separates the Nationals from another of the troubled players that were drawn to Bowden like flies.  More importantly, it gives the team better up the middle defense and a legit lead-off hitter.  Three birds, one shot.  Nice work Mike Rizzo.

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Mule Suttles and Turkey Stearnes; Turkey Stearnes and Mule Suttles. Which one is it? In 1930, this was a question of no little importance. The two were the premier sluggers in black baseball, and a seven game Negro National League championship series between Stearnes’ Detroit Stars and Suttles’ St. Louis Stars promised to help settle the question of precedence.

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After a weekend (and a Monday) where the Cardinals scored eight runs in four games, it’s obvious that there are still some issues.  A quick rundown of the games, in the typical style:

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Did you hear about this?  Prior to Friday night’s game between the Cardinals and Twins at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, a fan fell almost a story from the upper deck to the lower concourse.

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Here’s an interesting article by Paul Swaney over at bleacherreport.com that looks at 10 great players, some legendary, who didn’t receive as much Hall of Fame support as they deserved.

Eighty-eight years before “Manny Being Manny” finally put Ramirez in the commissioner’s dog house, another popular slugger thumbed his nose at the baseball establishment in 1921 and drew a six-week suspension.  It was just another case of Babe being Babe.

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It is no doubt safe to say we will never see major leaguers playing an exhibition game on roller skates. Just as likely the prospect of minor league prospects risking a serious injury is considerably slimmer than winning the lottery. But in a different time–can I say a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away– a roller skate baseball game in Milwaukee on May 6, 1885, was played, watched and reported on with a good sense of humor.

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A non-weather-related delay and showers could not stop the Webster Yankees Sunday afternoon at Basket Road Field.Michael Craig (St. John Fisher) went the distance while Steve Muoio (Georgia C & S) collected two hits and the game-winning RBI as the pinstripes triumphed over the Alfred Oilers, 2-0 in New York Collegiate Baseball League action.

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Sooner or later all players snap.

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Two consecutive years of disappointment prompted the Angels ownership to react with a sense of urgency in the 1982 off-season. They made a big splash in the free agent pool, and several key trades positioned the franchise within reach of their first World Series appearance.

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Saturday night’s New York Collegiate Baseball League match up at Basket Road Field pitted the West Division’s second-place Allegany County Nitros and the first-place Webster Yankees.

Coming off a pair of rainouts, Webster skipper, Dave Brust, had concern for his team’s performance in this pivotal game.

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A retro look at one of my player picks from last season, Sean Rodriguez.

September 01, 2008 - Apropos for a blog named after an imaginary pitch, this month’s pick names a ballplayer who’s been missing from the Salt Lake Bees roster since August 8th, Sean Rodriguez. What inspired this Lady’s Choice was a remark he made while autographing a group photo of Bees infielders: Freddy Sandoval, Brandon Wood and Rodriguez.

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In 1944, the St. Louis Browns became the last of the 16 major league teams to make their first World Series appearance. The Browns, who made it to the World Series by sweeping the Yankees on the final weekend of the season, lost to the cross-town Cardinals four games to two.

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On September 27th, 1907, the Detroit Tigers (86-56) and Philadelphia Athletics (83-54), were dead even in the American League pennant race with both teams sporting winning percentages of .606. That same day, the two clubs began a three game series in Philadelphia in a battle that was certain to find a winner.

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Today, that intrepid group known as the United Cardinal Bloggers are coordinating again to have a “theme of the day,” as it were.  This time, we are all talking about our personal Cardinal memories.

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It was not just another Tuesday night at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

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Tuesday night, Dave Brust’s Webster Yankees needed eleven innings to dispatch a resilient Brockport Riverbat squad, 6-5 in New York Collegiate Baseball League action. 

Ollie Bertrand (Monroe CC) made the most of an elventh-inning walk as the pinstripes rebounded after their stellar defense abandoned them for one inning. 

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