Over the years, baseball players have graced the covers of Sports Illustrated, MLB The Show, and MLB 2k Sports. Today, we examine 2005 and which particular cover (if any) can ‘curse’ a player. S.I. covers feature 8-15 baseball players a year. We will not include team shots or Hall [...]
Archive for the ‘General Baseball’ Category
March 10th, 2010 - 7:08 pm § by swkeane § in Baltimore Orioles, General Baseball, New York Mets, Podcasts
THIS CALL TO THE BULLPEN TODAY AT 5PM ET ON BLOGTALK RADIO
Join me today at 5PM ET for THIS CALL TO THE BULLPEN on BLOGTALK RADIO. My guests will be Anthony Amobi and James Baker of Oriole Post and Michael Baron of Metsblog and Mets Photos. [...]
March 9th, 2010 - 9:02 pm § by Sitting in the Catbird Seat § in General Baseball
The Ghost of Urban Shocker
A good friend of mine, a printer by profession, came across a team photograph of the 1928 Yankees, shot during spring training that year in St. Petersburg, Fla. Knowing my love for baseball in general and the Yankees in particular, he gave me a press sheet of the picture for display in my downstair[...]
March 7th, 2010 - 7:02 pm § by Double G Sports § in Baltimore Orioles, Fantasy Baseball, General Baseball, New York Yankees
Guest Bloggers debate Joba vs Hughes
The battle for the 5th starting spot on the Yankees is up for grabs this spring. While in all reality there are about five players in contention, many believe it will come down to either Joba Chamberlain or Phil Hughes, with the “loser” moving to the bullpen. I asked a couple friends of[...]
March 5th, 2010 - 4:35 pm § by Sitting in the Catbird Seat § in General Baseball
Crash course in sabermetrics
Since starting this blog back in the fall, I’ve ventured to come up with something near and dear to my baseball heart — a comprehensive, easy-to-understand compilation of the state of the art of statistical analysis of the game. Well, it turns out I don’t have to, because it’s been done for[...]
March 4th, 2010 - 3:50 pm § by swkeane § in General Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Podcasts
PRO BASEBALL CENTRAL TONIGHT AT 9PM ET ON BLOGTALK RADIO
Join us tonight at 9PM ET for PRO BASEBALL CENTRAL. Our guest will be Pulitzer Prize winner, Michael D’Antonio author of the book FOREVER BLUE: The True Story of Walter O’Malley, Baseball’s Most Controversial Owner, and the Dodgers of Brooklyn and Los Angeles (published by Riverhead Books/Pe[...]
March 4th, 2010 - 5:05 am § by Sitting in the Catbird Seat § in General Baseball
One more barrier for baseball to break
Let’s see, we had Jackie Robinson integrating Major League baseball in 1947, finally making it America’s true National Pastime, and it wasn’t long before blacks were dominating. Not long after that, Roberto Clemente became MLB’s first black Latin-American superstar, which opened the doors f[...]
March 4th, 2010 - 3:29 am § by Justice Is Served § in General Baseball
Not much to like in pool of Tribe talent
What do you make of the Indians this season? Probably not much, considering their talent pool doesn't amount to much -- so says ESPN the Magazine[...]
March 4th, 2010 - 1:54 am § by Kevin Graham § in General Baseball
1936 Olympic Baseball
One of the things that keeps me motivated to continue this blog is the fact that the more I look into the history of the game, the more I find out about it. One of the frustrating things about this blog is that I find so many interesting stories that I’m not able to replay [...][...]
