In the third part of this series on the 1912 World Series, I will recap the 5th and 6th games between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Giants.

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Does Pedro Martinez have Hall of Fame numbers? Many fans would argue this question in different ways. That is, they would use different numbers and different metrics to make their case, either pro or con.

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The final part of a series taking a look at one of the many Summer wood bat leagues.

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The use of the modern day bullpen is a sore point with me.

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I’m currently finishing up my second book, “It Ain’t So: An Alternative History of the Chicago Black Sox,” but I’d like to contribute something to the site, so here’s an article I wrote about Browns first baseman George Sisler last year.

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The following is an abridged extract from my forthcoming book (Ballparks of the Deadball Era by McFarland coming out Fall/Winter 2008).  All of the information concerning the unique home run pole at Burns Park comes from an article in the Detroit Evening News (August 4, 1902) that was discovered and thoughtfully supplied by SABR researcher Paul Wendt.

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SWEET SIXTEEN PLAYOFFS: PIRATES VS GIANTS

This is the fifth in a series of reports on a simulated playoff of the sixteen “original franchise” teams. The results of the first-round American League “brackets” are in NOTES 459-461. The first results of the NL brackets are in #462. See NOTES #459 for the background and “ground rules.” So far in the NL, the Phils and Dodgers have advanced.

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A recap of Game 3 of the World Series in two languages.

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On October 10, 2008, Carl Bialik wrote an article in the WALL STREET JOURNAL entitled Out of Left Field: The Errors In Counting Black Ballplayers. Here are four excerpts from the article that reflect its message.

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The following article on Oriole Park IV in Baltimore is extracted from the recently published book Ballparks of the Deadball Era ( by Ron Selter from McFarland & Co.)

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After Cole Hamels tore his way through the Tampa Bay Rays lineup in Game 1, my thoughts turned to where it stacked up against the other 208 Game 1 starts in Major League history.  Thanks to Baseball-Reference’s Play Index and using Game Score as the criteria, I thought it would be fun this week to look at the greatest games (by Game) ever pitched and, in case you were wondering, it’s not Cole Hamels (he’s 88th for Game 1 starters).

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In the second part of this series on the 1912 World Series, I will recap the 3rd and 4th games between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Giants.

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Finally, teams are using their bullpens correctly.  All it took was one of the biggest comebacks in postseason history.

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In baseball, the home field advantage is relatively small compared to professional football or basketball.

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Here are the 25 catchers who had the best careers during the 20th century (as measured by the NEWS HOF Gauge).

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This is the second of a two-part Seamheads.com preview of the 2008 World Series. While Justin covered the Series from the Phillies’ side, I’ll take a look from the Rays’ perspective.

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ALCS Game 7 - It’s do or die.

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I miss the good old days.  I miss the Octobers past where a lead against the Red Sox was as good as a win. 

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For some us, baseball is a year round obsession.  Even though the Major League Baseball season ends, we find ways to fill the off-season with talk of the “Hot Stove League” and the occasional Winter League tidbit as we patiently wait for pitchers and catchers to report.

Here at Seamheads, we don’t want the season to end but inevitably it has to.  Or does it?

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“No individual, whether player, manager, owner, critic or spectator, who went through the world’s series of 1912 ever will forget it. There never was another like it. Years may elapse before there shall be a similar series and it may be that the next to come will be equally sensational, perhaps more so.” — John B. Forster

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This won’t be your typical book review. 

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Here are the 25 shortstops who had the best careers during the 20th century (as measured by the NEWS HOF Gauge).

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I’m currently finishing up my second book, “It Ain’t So: An Alternative History of the Chicago Black Sox,” but I’d like to contribute something to the site, so here’s an article I wrote about Dodgers hurler Dazzy Vance last year.

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Terry Francona’s handling of Josh Beckett in Game 2 of the ALCS reminds this writer of Game 7 of the 1967 World Series.

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The 1891 National League season ended on October 3rd. However, the champion Boston Beaneaters were not awarded the pennant until over a month later because of charges laid on the team by the runner-up Chicago Colts.

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A look at some of the storylines of the postseason.

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With all of the behind the scenes work — see next Saturday’s post for details of something fun and exciting coming to Seamheads — and other writing I have done for the postseason, I have run out of time to do the research that I usually like to do for my Seamheads article.  But I always have an opinion.  In this case…

LEAVE LIDGE ALONE!

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Red Sox manager Terry Francona sets his rotation for the ALCS.

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Does the way a baseball club is run have an impact on performance?

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ALCS Preview and Predictions!

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