Tom Seaver was traded 40 years ago today.
A rare find of unopened packs from the late 50s and early 60s. Oh, and 19 unopened packs and the box they came in for 1948 Bowman!!! Drent instantly gravitated toward the 1948 Bowman baseball. From all indications, no one in the modern hobby had ever seen a box or unopened pack from that set. [...]
It has never been hard to find a sports-media type who secretly rooted for ESPN to get some comeuppance or another. But the idea that the public at large would be in on this — that it would relish ESPN’s struggles in a karmic way — is fairly new. It’s a condition newspapers and the “Big 3” broadcast networks [...]
Maybe it's not possible for the Mets to have someone like Bud Grant. But I hope everyone has someone in their fandom somewhere who's like Bud Grant. http://www.espn.com/blog/minnesota-vikings/post/_/id/22764/at-bud-grants-garage-sale-bobbleheads-are-sold-in-seconds
Quotes and or thoughts about Sandy Alderson, Mike Barwis, Jay Bruce and Jeff Wilpon.
Friend of the site Michael Salfino with a nice article on the baseball card collection of pitcher Pat Neshek.
There is some bullpen experimentation going on in the majors. This was about Cincy but it could have been Houston or Minnesota, too.
Teams [were] deathly afraid of the unknown, and would rather cast their lot with established mediocrity than with a young player with upside but little in the way of service time. A look at Michael Conforto through the lens of (free) Erubiel Durazo and determining if there are differences now and six-10 years ago. Scott [...]
I was at Baseball-Reference today and noticed something I hadn't seen previously. The Mets' scouting director was no longer Tom Tanuous but rather Marc Tramuta. Looking to find some information about him and came across this article, which had this nugget: "We are in the prediction and projection business,” Tramuta continued. “I’m trying to tell [...]
Few things in life are truer than the saying, “No one cares about your fantasy team.” That’s okay, I’m going to write about mine anyway. I play in a dynasty league, one that’s been around since 1985, although I didn’t join it until 1992. Because it’s been around forever, it has some unique rules, ones [...]
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First of a three-part interview. At the link, there's a link to a podcast which has the full interview.