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Mon, June 30, 2008

Roto Chronicles: National League–June 30

by Wayne Lin

Some pitchers found their niche in Interleague play, but some batters could end it quickly enough.

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Struggling to Find the Right Words

by Josh Deitch

A Threatening letter targeting the African American and Latino players on the Boston Red Sox has changed the very nature of a series set to present baseball at its best.

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Diamond Rundown – Edition Thirteen

by Brian Joseph

Facts, figures and other tidbits from the thirteenth week of the ’08 major league baseball season.

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Roto Chronicles: American League - June 30

by Michael Taylor

Three Tampa Bay Rays are moving up the charts, find out which three in this weeks AL Roto Chronicles…

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Sun, June 29, 2008

Climbing the Ladder with the National League 6/29/2008

by Scott Powers

Interleague play ends with natural rivalries

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Climbing the Ladder with the American League 6/29/08

by Matt Sisson

As the halfway point of the season comes and goes, we take a look back at the predictions made at the beginning of the season.

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Sat, June 28, 2008

Forgotten Pitchers of the 1980s, pt. 3

by Justin Murphy

The Late Bloomers: Mike Scott and John Tudor

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How I Got To “Know” Tom Filer

by Brian Joseph

For the first time since joining Seamheads, I did not spend the week formulating my Saturday appearance on the site. Typically, I take a few ideas and play with them early in the week before narrowing the choices down to one or two. After research I settle on the one I feel Seamheads’ readers will be most interested in and write it up. This week was different.

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Fri, June 27, 2008

Starting Fresh: The Expansion of 1993

by Brendan Macgranachan

In part five of my six part series on major league expansion drafts, I examine the sixth expansion draft in major league history, the 1993 expansion draft for the newest members of the National League, the Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies.

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Thu, June 26, 2008

The Great Chicago Fire of 2008

by Richard Stroud

The White Sox sure make a lot of noise, but are they actually any good?

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Wed, June 25, 2008

Statistics 101: Distributions

by Matt Mitchell

Continuing our look at statistical concepts in sabermetrics

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Omar Vizquel’s Golden Return to Cleveland

by Michael Taylor

It was a special night at Progressive Field as the city of Cleveland welcomed back past Indians great, Omar Vizquel…

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Mon, June 23, 2008

Roto Chronicles: National League–June 23

by Wayne Lin

Interleague play exposed some players, and another key player made it to the DL.

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Roto Chronicles: American League - June 23

by Michael Taylor

Marcus Thames slugs his way onto fantasy rosters everywhere…

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Diamond Rundown – Edition Twelve

by Brian Joseph

Facts, figures and other tidbits from the twelfth week of the ’08 major league baseball season.

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Sun, June 22, 2008

Climbing the Ladder with the National League 6/22/2008

by Scott Powers

Race heats up for NL shortstops

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Climbing the Ladder with the American League 6/22/08

by Matt Sisson

The Ups and Downs of Interleague Play Plus More in this Week’s Climbing the Ladder with the American League

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Sat, June 21, 2008

You Should Write a Book…

by Josh Deitch

As the College World Series nears its finale, the writer taps the collective memory of an NCAA baseball team. 

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Willie Deserved Better – And So Did These Guys

by Brian Joseph

I never expected I would feel bad for Willie Randolph. How the Mets could screw up a slam dunk of a firing the way they did by canning a manager who just won his third of four games after flying coast-to-coast the day after meeting with the GM and asking to be fired IF he was going to be before making the trip is amazing, indeed. In honor of Willie Randolph’s 3:14am EDT firing on Tuesday is the All-“They Deserved Better” Team:

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Fri, June 20, 2008

Starting Fresh: The Expansion of 1977

by Brendan Macgranachan

In part four of my six part series on major league expansion drafts, I examine the fifth expansion draft in major league history, the 1977 expansion draft for the newest members of the American League, the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays.

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Thu, June 19, 2008

Milton Bradley: Thriving in the Shadows

by Richard Stroud

A look at the guy who bats behind Josh Hamilton.

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The Origins of Interleague Play

by Frank Hamilton

While interleague play in the major leagues may have begun in 1997, interleague play in professional baseball was experimented with well before then.

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Wed, June 18, 2008

Statistics 101: Probability

by Matt Mitchell

Continuing our look at key statistical topics that are used in sabermetrics

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