Evan Gattis is Unreal as Braves win 8-3
The Atlanta Braves return home this week could be described as little...
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What Are Your Offseason Plans?
So baseball is over, the Giants won the World Series, and my Mariners didn’t. It’ll be a good while before any big news comes out about trades, and the winter meetings...
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The Best Division In Baseball Can’t Possibly Be The NL West… Or Can It?
Widely regarded as the weakest division in baseball, the NL West recently captured their second World Series title in three years thanks to the San Francisco Giants. This led to a...
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Baseball Is Over And That’s Bad. But At Least There Are A Few Things To Look Forward To…..
Last night concluded what was one of the most shockingly anti-climactic World Series in recent memory. Going in, Tigers in six seemed like a reasonable projection, but the Giants rolled right through to...
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Hurricane Warning: Tigers Blown Away As Giants Win World Series
It’s the top of the ninth, Phil Coke struck out the first man he faced. Brandon Belt steps in. He battles, a few good swings to work the count full–then goes...
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The Key To The Giants’ Success
In a word, flexibility. The San Francisco Giants have made the right moves to overcome major obstacles and put themselves on the brink of their second World Championship in three seasons....
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World Series Game 3 Primer
The 2012 World Series has, to this point, been dominated by the San Francisco Giants. They’ve made their own breaks and capitalized on mistakes. They’ve thrown guys out at the plate and had bunts stay foul/fair. ...
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Detroit vs. San Francisco: How Do The World Series Cities Match-up?
I love baseball, and am very excited for this World Series. However, I have a feeling that this year’s match-up will not draw much of a following from non-die hard baseball...
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Sandoval, Zito, Lincecum Propel Giants To 1-0 Series Lead
Game 1 of the World Series looked a lot like Game 7 of the NLCS. The Giants played loose, put up a big number quick, and just hopped along, carefree, to...
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Pablo Sandoval Joins Albert Pujols, Reggie Jackson, And Babe Ruth In World Series 3 HR Game Club
Unbelievable does not even begin to describe it. Pablo Sandoval had 12 homers in the regular season. In the postseason? Six… so far. In the World Series? Three… and Game 1 just...
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The Josh Hamilton Chain Reaction: The Worlds of Jacoby Ellsbury, Elvis Andrus, the Red Sox, Rangers, and Blue Jays Collide
The Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, and Toronto Blue Jays each entered 2012 with high expectations. Texas had been to two straight World Series, Boston was looking for redemption, and Toronto...
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Marlins Fire Ozzie Guillen, What Does The Future Hold For Miami?
Anyone who even casually reads this blog must know my opinion of Ozzie Guillen. To put it mildly, I don’t like him and I don’t think he is a very good manager. Instead...
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Notes From Watching 4.7 Star Wars Movies In One Day
This Sunday, the Off The Bench cofounders and a really close friend of ours set out to watch all six Star Wars movies in one day. The first task involved procuring...
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Manager Swap: Twins, Angels, and Dodgers Should Trade Gardenhire, Scioscia, and Mattingly
Before I lay out my grand plan for an unprecedented three team...
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On Favorite Players
Last night the Mariners beat down Phil Hughes and knocked him out...
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Cashman Says Yankees Likely Done For Winter… Uh Oh
On a radio interview on New York’s WFAN radio yesterday, Yankees’ General...
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Ranking the Current MLB Managers
Managers don’t throw a single pitch. They don’t take a single grounder,...
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The Baltimore Orioles Are NOT For Real
Baseball is a game of consistency. Over the course of a grueling 162...
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plombier 75007 says:
Magnificent website. A lot of useful informat...
Bryce Harper On The MVP Ballot Is OK
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nagurski says:
Now LA fans are going to beat down Padre fans...
How Carlos Quentin's Temper Changed The Entire National League
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Steve says:
This article is beyond ridiculous....
How Carlos Quentin's Temper Changed The Entire National League
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Lorenzo says:
Well, YOU may think it was an errant pitch, B...
How Carlos Quentin's Temper Changed The Entire National League
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Manager Swap: Twins, Angels, and Dodgers Should Trade Gardenhire, Scioscia, and Mattingly
Before I lay out my grand plan for an unprecedented three team...
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Manny Machado for MVP?
Manny Machado, the Baltimore Orioles 20 year old third basemen, has thrust...
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A New Take On Prospect Evaluation
I know I know, I’ve been missing from action for the past...
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Estimating Final Batting Average From Small Samples
I frequently read about projections and computer simulations designed to predict how...
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Who’s Awesome And Who’s Not Awesome
Every so often, when I don’t have any other ideas, I revert...
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Evan Gattis is Unreal as Braves win 8-3
The Atlanta Braves return home this week could be described as little...
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Manager Swap: Twins, Angels, and Dodgers Should Trade Gardenhire, Scioscia, and Mattingly
Before I lay out my grand plan for an unprecedented three team...
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Who’s Awesome And Who’s Not Awesome
Every so often, when I don’t have any other ideas, I revert...
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Justin Upton, Dexter Fowler Impress As April’s SPP Leaders
Atlanta Braves slugger Justin Upton won April handily, while an outfielder...
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The Colorado Rockies Must Deal For Some Pitching
The Colorado Rockies have started out hot this year. They’re 15-10 and...