The first “Outa the Parkway” Podcast on Thursday, February 17 at 7:30 pm will feature Bob Luke, noted author of The Baltimore Elite Giants,  and Dwayne Sims, founder and CEO of the Negro League Legends Hall of Fame.  I had the pleasure of talking to Bob Luke this weekend and he was kind enough to [...]

I am in the midst of a series examining the relative strengths and weaknesses of the teams in the AL East, on a position-by-position basis. The players at each position are being ranked in relation to their peers within the division, with each team being assigned points based on where their player ranks in comparison [...]

Paul Sullivan is an Emmy nominated television producer whose credits include “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and “The Bonnie Hunt Show.” He has appeared on HBO Sports’ “The Curse of the Bambino” as well as ESPN2 and the award winning baseball documentary “Spaceman – A Baseball Odyssey.” As a performer [...]

It’s been almost a month since Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven were introduced as the two newest members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.  I think both deserve it.  I also think Blyleven should have been a Hall of Famer a long time ago, but that’s neither here nor there.  He’s finally in and [...]

I am in the midst of a series examining the relative strengths and weaknesses of the teams in the AL East, on a position-by-position basis. The players at each position are being ranked in relation to their peers within the division, with each team being assigned points based on where their player ranks in comparison [...]

Ron Piché, the man they called “Monsieur Baseball,” passed away a few days ago. Ron Piché was one of only a very few Quebecers to have enjoyed a career in major league baseball. Born in the Montreal suburb of Verdun, he was a hard-throwing right-hander who toiled with the Milwaukee Braves from 1960-1964 and later [...]

Andy Pettitte made the name Andy cool again.
But I have to admit there was a time when I really couldn’t stand him. I hated the way he looked with his ball cap down tight over his eyes. The stare he gave towards the plate just before his delivery. Even the way he held his mitt [...]

During the course of the next two weeks, I’ll examine the relative strengths and weaknesses of the teams in the American League East, on a position-by-position basis. The players at each position will be ranked in relation to their peers within the division, with each team being assigned points based on where their player ranks [...]

     It is only natural that a giant share of the attention as the American Association has expanded from 10 to 14 teams this offseason has been on the four franchises moving from the long-established Northern League.  Still, some of the greatest excitement is being generated in Amarillo, TX, which also is new to this [...]

Ok, I admit – I have really been slipping on this writing thing lately… it was my New Year’s resolution to have more written conversations with you. As you can see, I have failed already due to a multitude of excuses and crap I will not bore you with. 2010 was a rough year for me [...]

Boots Poffenberger is probably the all-time major league leader in the category of wild stories to innings pitched.  This explains why it seems to many old-timers that Boots’ major league career must have lasted more than 2+ seasons and 267.1 innings.  Boots loved to drink and loved to fish and when he had a mind [...]

I know, I know.  The Albert Pujols negotiations have been done to death.  The scraps of information in the national press are even too small for a mouse, to reference a classic Christmas tale.  So why should we talk about it again?
Well, for one thing, there’s not much else out there to talk about.  Besides, [...]

Over the next two weeks, I’ll examine the relative strengths and weaknesses of the teams in the AL East, on a position-by-position basis. The players at each position will be ranked in relation to their peers within the division, with each team being assigned points based on where their player ranks in comparison to the [...]

Over the next two weeks, I’ll examine the relative strengths and weaknesses of the teams in the AL East, on a position-by-position basis. The players at each position will be ranked in relation to their peers withing the division, with each team being assigned points based on where their player ranks in comparison to the [...]

Pepperdine center fielder Brian Humphries enjoyed an industrious sophomore campaign culminating in a West Coast Conference selection to the 2010 All-WCC Team.
The junior, fresh off a summer spent playing baseball in the prestigious Cap Cod Baseball League, believes the Waves contain in their ranks the right mixture of hitting and pitching needed for a successful [...]

When music at the ballpark is mentioned one’s thoughts immediately summon an organ playing assorted diddies designed to get the crowd to make some noise, as well as the famous seventh inning stretch favorite “Take Me Out To The Ballgame.”  Dixieland also is a ballpark favorite as the groups are small and feature lively tunes.
Baseball [...]

Seamheads.com is proud to announce that we’ve reached an agreement with Big League Chew, who will serve as the official sponsor of the Seamheads National Podcasting Network on Blog Talk Radio.  Seamheads.com’s first podcast debuted on May 10, 2010 when “What’s On Second: The Seamheads.com Radio Hour” aired on BlogTalkRadio.com. Then we launched a [...]

In 1944, the Pacific Coast League’s Governors’ Cup championship series would be an all-California affair between the regular season pennant winning Los Angeles Angels (99-70) and the San Francisco Seals (86-83). The two teams advanced to the Governors’ Cup following victories in their semi-final series. Los Angeles defeated the Portland Beavers four games to two [...]

 
In articles such as this, many websites give readers a list of the best overall prospects at a given position, but the intention here is to focus on those prospects who are most likely to provide a significant fantasy impact during the 2011 season; therefore, a guy like Mike Trout – who is blocked in [...]

I earlier posted the portion of my talk with Rob Nelson in which he talks about co-creating Big League Chew and his 30 years managing one of the legendary bubble gums. In this part, Rob Nelson describes how he came to be a Portland Maverick, what it was like to be on the team, and [...]