“A Unique Look At Big League Baseball” A Must Have For Seamheads
May 21, 2012 by Mike Lynch · 6 Comments
The following was originally posted in early January but Joe’s book is so good, I decided to post it again. For most normal people, New Year’s Eve is all about bidding the old year adieu and ringing in the new one with friends, family, Dick Clark, Times Square, Jenny McCarthy kissing a dude she’d just [...]
The Lighting of the Hot Stove
October 17, 2011 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment
Perhaps the Hot Stove season does not commence until after the World Series. Or maybe it adds fuel to the fire. Either way there are instructive failures from last year to consider. There were Carl Crawford and Jayson Werth–just two of the biggest disappointments among the 2011 free agent class. Then at the summit is [...]
Gambling at the Hall of Fame: Part Two
July 18, 2011 by Gabriel Schechter · 1 Comment
Are you ready for the bizarre story I promised you last time, about gambling AT the Hall of Fame? If you haven’t read “Part One” please do so before reading this one. In it, I told about the Hall of Fame refusing to hire me in the mid-1990s because of my background as a Las [...]
Ranking the Goliaths and Davids
October 5, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · 3 Comments
The 2010 playoffs begin tomorrow and at first glance you would assume that the Tampa Bay Rays were carrying the banner of underdog once again. That would be wrong. The most under-privileged team teeing it up will be the Texas Rangers. Does their cheap price tag limit them? How far can we expect the light-weights [...]
