seamheads.com - 12/10/2008
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Why did Flash get in? There is bound to be plenty of feedback in the next few days for the Veterans Committee, much of it negative. Most of it will focus on the candidates not elected—Ron Santo, Sherry Magee, and Bill Dahlen, most prominently. Countless cases for these players have ...
Triple Crown, plus OBP, plus more?
seamheads.com 12/30/2008 — The 2008 edition (37th volume) of The Baseball Research Journal (available only to SABR members) had a couple of good articles on the baseball Triple Crowns, one by Bill Nowlin and one by John E. Daniels. The article by Nowlin, titled The OBP Triple ...
Spring Can't Come Soon Enough
bleedcubbieblue.com 12/7/2008 — People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. -- Rogers Hornsby
Wrigley Field, Chicago, 2 am Saturday, December 6, 2008 Photo by David Sameshima
Pictures Of The Day--The Splendid Splinter
nats320.blogspot.com 11/25/2008 — Arguably, The Greatest Hitter to EVER play the game. "The Splendid Splinter" in all his glory during a special studio shoot for Life Magazine. The Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame Great and later Manager of The Washington Senators was said to take ...
Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Winter Wonderland
seamheads.com 12/10/2008 — No, the shadows of Cooperstown are not yet falling over deep piles and drifts of snow. (In fact, I’ve guaranteed that we will have a mild winter, by buying a new snow-thrower.) Instead, this title refers to the contents of this issue — pure Fantasyland. My Sweet Sixteen tournament ...
The House That A-Rod Built? —
Bleacher Report - MLB 12/10/2008
On Apr. 16, the New York Yankees open up their brand new home against the Cleveland Indians during the 2009 regular season.
Back on Apr. 18 of 1923, Babe Ruth hit the very first home run in the old Yankee Stadium against the Boston Red Sox. Yankee ...
Tribe won't have to wait long to see CC —
Major League Baseball News 12/10/2008
Indians fans, already riled up after Cavaliers superstar James donned a Yankees hat and openly rooted for the Bronx Bombers during an American League Division Series game in Cleveland last year, got a bitter bite with their Cheerios on Wednesday ...