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Sat, July 04, 2009
I was chatting with a friend of mine about the perceived versus actual lives of professional athletes, and she made a comment that struck me as particularly interesting. A Navy wife of 10 years, the constant packing/moving and frequently absent spouse were things she shared in common with the baseball wife. While she was making connections, I was thinking contrasts,
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by Mike Lynch
My friend John Mooney asked me to pass this along:
When the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame inducts Walter O’Malley on Tuesday, July 7, 2009, it will become the first New York City-based organization to honor the longtime Dodgers owner (the man who moved the team out of Brooklyn to Los Angeles ) in more than 50 years.
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by Dave Heller
This is the second of a two-part series in which the author shares material that was meant to appear in his book, As Good As It Got: The 1944 St. Louis Browns, published by Arcadia in 2003, but was left out due to space constraints. Part one, “Gray Times for the Browns,” can be found here.
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by Paul Gotham
Dave Brust’s Webster Yankees wore out their welcome Friday night. Or, maybe they just wore out the Niagara Power pitching staff.
Nate Koontz (Ball State) and Shawn Bailey (SUNY Cortland) led a 22-hit barrage as the Webster Yankees buried the Niagara Power 13-4 in New York Collegiate Baseball League action at Sal Maglie Field.
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Fri, July 03, 2009
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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by Bryan Holt
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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Thu, July 02, 2009
by KJOK
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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by Mike Lynch
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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Tue, June 30, 2009
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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Mon, June 29, 2009
by Josh Deitch
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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by Mike Lynch
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.
by Dennis Pajot
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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Sun, June 28, 2009
by Paul Gotham
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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Sat, June 27, 2009
by Paul Gotham
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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Fri, June 26, 2009
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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