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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 refl...
It’s only been a month since the end of the World Series, but sitting at the table Thanksgiving day I missed baseball. Maybe it is the lack of any major hot stove activity, or maybe it was the fact that my roommate moved out with his PS3, and his...
The dust is just beginning to settle as major league organizations do a shakedown of their minor league rosters, and I can tell you I have not seen any certain winners so far from within the ranks of players who either started in or have played in...
Whenever I have a baseball coach’s clinic, I begin with a trivia question, “Who caught the last ball that Carl Yastrzemski ever hit in a major league game?” Not one person has ever answered correctly; until I gave them the hint, “The answer is...
Starting in the 1973 season, the American League implemented the designated hitter rule, which allowed a player to hit for another player, which is almost always the pitcher. Here is a look at how the first designated hitters did for their respective...
One of the nice things about this time of year in the Independent Baseball-writing business is we sometimes can sit back without the daily buzz of games and think about some of the factors—and the people—that make this business go.
I have...
I love this site! Everytime I see a blog I like I add it to my reading list, and I have so many on there, I find that I end up only following a few of the ones I follow. (Did you follow that??) But, seriously, this is one of the can't miss ones with some really good baseball analysis and entertaining writing.
Despite the fact that I write for the site, I honestly do believe it deserves a perfect score. Between the articles on the Hall of Fame, baseball history, and this new historical simulation, I visit it almost daily. Plus that Deitch guy is really great. Read his stuff. A lot.
Seamheads.com is truly the place for those who have a passion for America's real passtime. Now that Sporting News is no longer the "Baseball Bible" Seamheads has arisen to take some of the glory that for so many years was centered in the pages of SN. Thank you and let em rip.