{"id":794,"date":"2008-11-02T15:28:48","date_gmt":"2008-11-02T22:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/02\/the-battle-for-seamheads-historical-baseball-league-supremacy\/"},"modified":"2008-11-02T15:29:25","modified_gmt":"2008-11-02T22:29:25","slug":"the-battle-for-seamheads-historical-baseball-league-supremacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/02\/the-battle-for-seamheads-historical-baseball-league-supremacy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Battle for Seamheads Historical Baseball League Supremacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Bill James, Curt Schilling, Roy Firestone, and John Buccigross head a list of GMs who will fight for the first Seamheads.com Historical Baseball League championship.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A couple of weeks ago, Brian Joseph posted a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/18\/seamheads-sneak-peek-coming-in-november\/\" target=\"_blank\">sneak peek<\/a>&#8221; at our upcoming Seamheads Historical Baseball League, in which he mentioned that the identities of the General Managers would be kept a &#8220;loosely guarded secret.&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 Well, they&#8217;re a secret no more.\u00c2\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the list of men who will be battling it out this winter for the virtual Fall Classic title.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#b60a0a\"><font color=\"#ffffff\"><strong>A.L. Atlantic<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f7f7ef\" width=\"30%\"><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f7f7ef\" width=\"30%\"><strong>GM<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f7f7ef\" width=\"40%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Boston Red Sox<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billjamesonline.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill James<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Boston Red Sox Special Consultant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New York Yankees<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rumorintown.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Dahlgren<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Author<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PHI-KC-OAK Athletics<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonathanmayo.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Mayo<\/a><\/td>\n<td>MLB.com Writer\/Author<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Cronin<\/a><\/td>\n<td>MLB.com Multimedia Producer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>WAS-MIN Twins<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bernsteinbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ross Bernstein<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Author<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#b60a0a\"><font color=\"#ffffff\"><strong>A.L. Midwest<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f7f7ef\" width=\"30%\"><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f7f7ef\" width=\"30%\"><strong>GM<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f7f7ef\" width=\"40%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chicago White Sox<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/sports\/columnists\/vaccaro.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Vaccaro<\/a><\/td>\n<td><em>New York Post<\/em> Writer\/Author<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cleveland Indians<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/joeposnanski.com\/JoeBlog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Posnanski<\/a><\/td>\n<td><em>Kansas City Star<\/em> Writer\/Author<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Detroit Tigers<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.savetigerstadium.org\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Rod Nelson<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Editor\/Project Manager<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>STL-BAL Orioles<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.royfirestone.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Firestone<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Entertainer\/Author<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#204685\"><font color=\"#ffffff\"><strong>N.L. Originals<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f7f7ef\" width=\"30%\"><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f7f7ef\" width=\"30%\"><strong>GM<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f7f7ef\" width=\"40%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BOS-MIL-ATL Braves<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sabernomics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">J.C. Bradbury<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Economist\/Author<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chicago Cubs<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseballprospectus.com\/news\/?author=131\" target=\"_blank\">David Laurila<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Baseball Prospectus Writer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NY-SF Giants<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/keyword\/search?searchString=John_Buccigross\" target=\"_blank\">John Buccigross<\/a><\/td>\n<td>ESPN Anchor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Philadelphia Phillies<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janefinchcommunitylegalservices.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">James Dutton<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Operations Manager<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pa-sportsticker.com\/en\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Larry Fleisher<\/a><\/td>\n<td>MLB.com Datacaster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#204685\"><font color=\"#ffffff\"><strong>N.L. Association<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f7f7ef\" width=\"30%\"><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f7f7ef\" width=\"30%\"><strong>GM<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f7f7ef\" width=\"40%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BRK-LA Dodgers<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.njjewishnews.com\/sports.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ron Kaplan<\/a><\/td>\n<td><em>New Jersey Jewish News<\/em> Editor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cincinnati Reds<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseballhq.com\/tour\/experts.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Andres<\/a><\/td>\n<td>BaseballHQ.com Data Analyst<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pittsburgh Pirates<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/38pitches.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Curt Schilling<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Major League Pitcher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>St. Louis Cardinals<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/stlcardinals.scout.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dustin Mattison<\/a><\/td>\n<td>&#8220;The Birdhouse&#8221; Writer\/Blogger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#008000\"><font color=\"#ffffff\"><strong>Expansion One<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f7f7ef\" width=\"30%\"><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f7f7ef\" width=\"30%\"><strong>GM<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f7f7ef\" width=\"40%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CAL-ANA-LA Angels<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/sports\/touching_all_the_bases\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chad Finn<\/a><\/td>\n<td><em>Boston Globe<\/em> Sports Reporter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Houston Astros<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kmox.com\/pages\/223544.php?\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Wheeler<\/a><\/td>\n<td>KMOX Sports Talk Show Host<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New York Mets<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/web.sny.tv\/teams\/blog.jsp?oid=36018\" target=\"_blank\">Ted Berg<\/a><\/td>\n<td>SNY.TV Senior Editorial Producer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>WAS-TEX Rangers<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newbergreport.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jamey Newberg<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Attorney\/Author<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#008000\"><font color=\"#ffffff\"><strong>Expansion Two<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f7f7ef\" width=\"30%\"><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f7f7ef\" width=\"30%\"><strong>GM<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f7f7ef\" width=\"40%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kansas City Royals<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/royalsblog.kansascity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Mellinger<\/a><\/td>\n<td><em>Kansas City Star <\/em>Writer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MON-WAS Nationals<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/jonahkeri.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jonah Keri<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Writer\/Author<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>San Diego Padres<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/ducksnorts.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Geoff Young<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Writer\/Author<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SEA-MIL Brewers<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/web.minorleaguebaseball.com\/milb\/stats\/stats.jsp?n=Patrick%20Ryan&amp;pos=P&amp;sid=milb&amp;t=p_pbp&amp;pid=457564\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Ryan<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Minor League Pitcher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#008000\"><font color=\"#ffffff\"><strong>Expansion Three<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f7f7ef\" width=\"30%\"><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f7f7ef\" width=\"30%\"><strong>GM<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f7f7ef\" width=\"40%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ARI-COL D-Backs\/Rockies<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/blogzone\/bird-land\/\" target=\"_blank\">Derrick Goold<\/a><\/td>\n<td><em>St. Louis Post-Dispatch <\/em>Writer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FLA-TB Marlins\/Rays<\/td>\n<td><a 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