Scott Simkus

Internships

scottsimkus — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:41 +0000

Unpaid internships are how corporations “haze” recent college graduates.

Seamheads Outsider Baseball Bulletin

scottsimkus — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:31:04 +0000

Hi, everybody! Tumbleweeds have been bouncing across this blog for quite some time, but there’s good reason: Since June of 2010, I’ve been writing about baseball history for the Seamhead’s Outsider Baseball Bulletin. It’s a weekly publication, and subscription only- but it’s DIRT CHEAP. I actually own and edit the thing, and over the past year I’ve brought in some wonderful new contributors, including Mike Lynch and Kevin KJOK Johnson of Seamheads and BBTF Hall of Merit fame. Please check out the web site to see what the baseball big shots have been saying about the publication. If you’re on twitter, check out the live feed at the right. There’s a follow button for your convenience.

And oh, have a great day!

Smoking

scottsimkus — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:02:53 +0000

I know a few Chicago Cubs fans whose affection for the wobegon club has turned into something of a bad habit. Like smoking.

Negro League Statistics

scottsimkus — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:44:22 +0000

If you follow me on Twitter (scottsimkus1) or facebook or subscribe to the Outsider Baseball Bulletin or you read Joe Sheehan’s newsletter, or Tom Tango’s web site or look at David Pinto’s work, then you already know by now: Detailed Negro League statistics are now available at seamheads.com. Today. For free. For everybody to see, use, analyze and enjoy.

For baseball nerds, this is sort of like Christmas and Hannukah and the Fourth of July and Game Seven all wrapped into one. Been a long time coming. For those who don’t subscribe to my weekly ezine (The Outsider Baseball Bulletin), this week’s edition has the “inside” scoop on the new database, with all sorts of juicy gossip, back-stabbling and lover’s triangles. I’ll send you a FREE copy if you email me at outsiderbb (at) gmail.com. Hope to hear from you!

Chicago Cubs Thoughts…

scottsimkus — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:09:00 +0000

To improve their pennant chances in 2012, the Chicago Cubs might want to consider relocating their franchise to the Pacific Coast League.

Chicago Cubs Thoughts…

scottsimkus — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:35:51 +0000

If I was the Cubs GM, I’d secure the rights to Ted Williams’ DNA, then plunk all my developmental dollars into cloning….

Field of Dreams for Ants

scottsimkus — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:49:14 +0000

Still Life with Ichiro and Virgin Mary

scottsimkus — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:44:35 +0000

For more art, stats, baseball weirdness and history, subscribe to the Outsider Baseball Bulletin!

@scottsimkus1

scottsimkus — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:57:11 +0000

I’ve joined the twitter-sphere. Mostly baseball thoughts and drunken pop-cultural references. Also: Check out the Outsider Baseball Bulletin. For lord’s sake, check it out…especially baseball history buffs.

Brooklyn Bushwicks

scottsimkus — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:26:10 +0000

The Brooklyn Bushwicks, perhaps the greatest semipro baseball team of all time, are still an enigma. They beat major, minor and Negro league teams in head-to-head competition, but how good were they really? In this week’s Outsider Baseball Bulletin, we present a simple method for answering this question. Go to the Outsider Baseball Bulletin to subscribe…it’s only 49 cents per week for our weekly baseball publication.