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Tue, June 30, 2009
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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Tue, June 09, 2009
Tue, May 26, 2009
Among the quintet of quintessential American holidays, Memorial Day is second to none as an excuse to head out to the ballpark. On Monday, that’s just what I did, packing up the car in Chicago and heading west to Modern Woodmen Park, home of the Quad Cities River Bandits. A few reflections are in order.
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Tue, May 19, 2009
Tue, May 05, 2009
If, after their respective thrilling finishes in the two divisions of the 1980 National League, the Astros and Phillies anticipated any respite, they were sorely mistaken. That year’s NLCS went down in history as perhaps the most dramatic playoff series in baseball history.
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Thu, April 30, 2009
Wed, April 08, 2009
One of the defining features of our national pastime—and what lends it to such close statistical scrutiny—is the head-to-head match-up between the batter and pitcher. It’s an intricate dance that, repeated hundreds of times over the course of a season, yields meaningful insight into the nature of the game. This inherent importance is only heightened when the two men involved are especially well equipped for the contest.
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Sat, March 28, 2009
Tue, March 24, 2009
The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) is giving away free copies of The Emerald Guide to Baseball 2009. Here esteemed baseball historian and editor Gary Gillette discusses the new Emerald Guide, his current and past projects, and his beloved Detroit Tigers.
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Tue, March 17, 2009
Halfway through September, the teams in the Expansion One division are finally beginning to show some separation in the standings. At the head of the pack are the surprising Angels, who capitalized on a four-game series with the Astros to put themselves in prime position for the home stretch.
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Tue, March 10, 2009
Tue, March 03, 2009
Wed, February 25, 2009
In an industry that’s getting brainier by the day, Brian Bannister is the epitome of the thinking man’s pitcher. After an unexpected breakout season in 2007, he shared an interesting sabermetric theory to which he attributed some of his success. Unfortunately, his sophomore campaign did not go quite as well, as he lost 16 games. Here, Bannister discusses what went wrong in 2008 and what he’s learned from the experience.
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Tue, February 24, 2009
Tue, February 17, 2009
In the Expansion One division of the Seamheads Historical League, common wisdom holds that the Mets are in a class of their own, while Houston, Texas and California are fighting for second place. Nearly a third of the way through the season, however, the Astros, thanks to power pitching and hitting, are only two games back of the Mets going into a three game head-to-head series.
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Wed, February 11, 2009
Tue, February 10, 2009
Tue, February 03, 2009
This week featured the first inter-divisional games for the Expansion One division of the Seamheads Historical League, with Houston squaring off against the Mets and the Rangers meeting the Angels. Given the current jumble in the standings, this was an excellent chance to sort the wheat from the chaff, the contenders from the pretenders.
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Thu, January 29, 2009
Tue, January 27, 2009
Several weeks ago, I had the opportunity to speak with two members of the Hall of Fame Veterans Committee about the selection process and the thought that went into it. Both men declined to disclose their votes, but were forthcoming about other aspects of their involvement. Here are the edited transcripts of my conversations with Steve Hirdt, president of Elias Sports Bureau, and Roland Hemond, former general manager of the White Sox and Orioles and current member of the Diamondbacks front office.
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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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Wed, October 22, 2008
Tue, October 07, 2008
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