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Bad Blogpost!
Bad Blogpost!

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 8 hours ago from seamheads.com

Read this post, and you’ll find yourself saying “Huh?!?” Part of calling this space the “Sabermetric Soapbox” is to enable critique of other people’s work. I read a plethora of sabermetric blogs, too many to count some days. Sometimes, a post just makes me scratch my head and say “Huh?” So with ...

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Film review: Signs of the Time
Film review: Signs of the Time

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 31 hours ago from seamheads.com

The introduction of umpire hand signals has long been a matter of lively debate among baseball historians. A new film, Signs of the Time , examines two of the more widespread accounts. Signs , an hour-long documentary produced in Rochester, NY, tells the stories of deaf-mute ballplayer Dummy Hoy and Hall of Fame umpire Bill Klem, each of whom has been credited with the innovation of umpire ...

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Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Out East
Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Out East

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 31 hours ago from seamheads.com

ME AND ELIOT My tribute to Eliot Asinof appeared in NOTES #350 , not too long ago, and I do not need to reprint it here. Indeed, there is much about Asinof and Eight Men Out in my book, so much that I can recommend Burying the Black Sox as a companion to 8MO, or a the Making Of. “Six Hours,” my account of my 2003 visit with Asinof at his Ancramdale home (in ...

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Roto Chronicles: National League–August 25
Roto Chronicles: National League–August 25

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 31 hours ago from seamheads.com

The season is a little over a month away from being over, but some players are playing their hearts out and that deserves a spot in royalty. And some players don’t care. Several players on my list this week have had roller coaster-type seasons that are often very frustrating to fantasy owners, do doubt. The fact of the matter is we as the fans and owners can’t tell the player to ...

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Roto Chronicles: American League - August 25
Roto Chronicles: American League - August 25

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 4 days ago from seamheads.com

A pair of Indians sluggers set to rejoin the team, Alexei Ramirez continues to amaze, and much more in this weeks AL Roto Chronicles… THREE UP/THREE DOWN Hitters Jason Bay, OF—BOS (UP) Life is good for the new Red Sox left fielder. He not only was traded to a perennial contender, he also hit a hot streak as he moved into the Red Sox lineup. Since the acquisition, Bay has endeared ..

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Diamond Rundown – Edition Twenty One
Diamond Rundown – Edition Twenty One

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 4 days ago from seamheads.com

Facts, figures and other tidbits from the twenty first week of the ’08 major league baseball season. Camden Crowd : The Baltimore Orioles lost on Tuesday in front of their largest crowd of the season at Camden Yards where 48,515 turned out to see the O’s lose to the Red Sox 7-2. The sell-out pushed the lifetime attendance over the 50,000,000 mark in the 17-year history of Camden ...

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Climbing the Ladder with the National League 8/24/2008
Climbing the Ladder with the National League 8/24/2008

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 4 days ago from seamheads.com

Cubs continue to roll Little has changed in the NL division races in the past week of baseball. The Arizona Diamondbacks widened the gap between them and the Los Angeles Dodgers from one game to three. The Milwaukee Brewers remain four and a half games behind the Chicago Cubs. The Philadelphia Phillies gained half a game on the division-leading New York Mets.

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Climbing the Ladder with the American League 8/24/08
Climbing the Ladder with the American League 8/24/08

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 4 days ago from seamheads.com

A Size-able 30-30 on the Horizon plus more in this weeks Climbing the Ladder with the American League. A.L. East W L PCT. GB L10 STRK Tampa Bay 79 49 .617 – 8-2 W2 Boston 74 55 .574 5.5 6-4 L1 New York 69 60 .535 10.5 6-4 W2 Toronto 67 62 ...

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Quick Cuts with Chris Berman
Quick Cuts with Chris Berman

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 5 days ago from seamheads.com

For any fan of contemporary baseball, few calls are more recognizable than “back, back, back…gone.” As a commentator, analyst, and personality, Chris Berman has formed a niche all to himself in today’s digital age. From his booming voice and louder ties to his palpable enthusiasm for all things sports, few broadcasters are more admired or honored than “The Swami.” Recently, I got a chance ...

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Saving Terry Felton
Saving Terry Felton

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 5 days ago from seamheads.com

I wasn’t a normal kid growing up. I still remember leafing through my brother Bob’s worn copy of the first edition of The Baseball Encyclopedia looking up strange statistics, reading player’s nicknames and searching for players born in the city where I grew up. Although I can’t remember the first player I found in the book from Chester, Pennsylvania, I know there ...

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The Disappearing Musicians
The Disappearing Musicians

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 5 days ago from seamheads.com

Wilbur Snapp was a ballpark organist and Lambert Bartak still is. Snapp and Bartak though, have both gone where no other ballpark organists have ever gone before. They have gone right out of the ballpark, becoming the only two organists to be ejected from a ballgame. Three Blind Mice Wilbur Snapp was born in 1920 inside of Ohio’s Champaign County. He served in World War II in the US ...

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Down the stretch they come!
Down the stretch they come!

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 7 days ago from seamheads.com

Handicapping the race that matters most to the author, the AL Central. First, some housekeeping. I apologize for my lack of posts this month. Life has been rather insane, and a honeymoon to the Bahamas last week does the mind lots of good, but definitely hurt the blogging. Anyway, back to business. I’ll ease back into my column here with the one bit of baseball I did keep track of ...

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J.P. Out At The Ballgame
J.P. Out At The Ballgame

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 7 days ago from seamheads.com

Los Angeles Angels vs. Tampa Bay Rays Tuesday, August 19, 2008 This is Jason Pafundi reporting for Baseball Digest Daily live at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. Please be sure to visit www.baseballdigestdaily.com for all your baseball news. Starting Pitchers TB: James Shields (10-7, 3.75) LAA: Ervin Santana (13-5, 3.49) Pre-Game Notes Angels ...

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Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Western Swing
Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Western Swing

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 7 days ago from seamheads.com

BACK IN THE SHADOWS I’m home again, but another road trip is on deck, another jaunt north to the Adirondacks, with a couple excursions from there a good possibility. So this is another “tweener” issue, squeezed in while I have access to my computer and the internet. I did just a bit more research lately, though, visiting the National Baseball Library — the place where ...

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J.P. Out At The Ballgame
J.P. Out At The Ballgame

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 10 days ago from seamheads.com

Los Angeles Angels vs. Tampa Bay Rays Monday, August 18, 2008 This is Jason Pafundi reporting for Baseball Digest Daily live at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. Please be sure to visit www.baseballdigestdaily.com for all your baseball news. Starting Pitchers TB: Andy Sonnanstine (12-6, 4.35) LAA: Jon Garland (11-7, 4.26) Pre-Game Notes ...

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Roto Chronicles: National League–Aug. 18
Roto Chronicles: National League–Aug. 18

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 10 days ago from seamheads.com

With the end of the season a little over a month away some players find themselves performing better than ever, while others are playing to forget about their seasons. Who did well, who suffered? The answers are near. As the playoff hunt starts to heat up certain players are doing the same, while some are choking under the pressure. This is common as the hunt for the pennant gets more and ...

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Behind Enemy Lines
Behind Enemy Lines

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 10 days ago from seamheads.com

On Sunday, a lifelong Yankee fan spent an afternoon at Fenway Park . He enjoyed the baseball, reflected upon the environment, and avoided any physical altercations, all while keeping a running diary of the events. Over the weekend, Karen and I drove up to Boston to partake in her aunt and uncle’s joint 50 th birthday celebration. Friday night, we reconnected with friends that we ...

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Climbing the Ladder with the American League 8/18/08
Climbing the Ladder with the American League 8/18/08

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 10 days ago from seamheads.com

Back-to-Back x2 in Chicago, A Texas Size Whopping in Boston plus more in this weeks Climbing the Ladder with the American League. A.L. East W L PCT. GB L10 STRK Tampa Bay 75 48 .610 – 7-3 W1 Boston 71 53 .573 4.5 6-4 L2 New York 66 58 .532 9.5 4-6 W2 ...

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Diamond Rundown – Edition Twenty
Diamond Rundown – Edition Twenty

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 10 days ago from seamheads.com

Facts, figures and other tidbits from the twentieth week of the ’08 major league baseball season. Making the Rounds : St. Louis’ Joel Pineiro made his first career start against the Marlins on Monday and pitched seven innings to pick up his first win against Florida in their 4-2 win. In his nine year career, Pineiro has wins over 26 of the 30 Major League teams in 71 career wins. ...

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Roto Chronicles: American League - August 18
Roto Chronicles: American League - August 18

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 10 days ago from seamheads.com

Some Orioles are going up and down, see who is going what direction… THREE UP/THREE DOWN Hitters Nick Markakis, OF—BAL (UP) The budding young star in Baltimore continues to impress. Since the All-Star break, Markakis has hit .322 with three home runs and 26 RBI. And what makes him all the more impressive is that he has more walks than strikeouts since the break, 18 to 13. For the ...

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