• Evan Gattis is Unreal as Braves win 8-3
• Manager Swap: Twins, Angels, and Dodgers Should Trade Gardenhire, Scioscia, and Mattingly
• Manny Machado for MVP?
• A New Take On Prospect Evaluation
• Estimating Final Batting Average From Small Samples
• Who’s Awesome And Who’s Not Awesome
• Justin Upton, Dexter Fowler Impress As April’s SPP Leaders
• The Colorado Rockies Must Deal For Some Pitching
• It’s Getting Late Early: Three Teams Whose Surprising Starts Portend Future Results
• Jason Collins And The Gay Teammate

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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 other than a rousing success.  The Braves just completed an 8-3 win over the Twins to complete their sweep...

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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 triangle trade of skippers, let me first make clear that it is possible to trade non-players. In fact, it...

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  On Favorite Players

  Last night the Mariners beat down Phil Hughes and knocked him out of the first inning. Raul Ibanez even hit a grand slam off of him. The Mariners went on to...

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  A New Take On Prospect Evaluation

  I know I know, I’ve been missing from action for the past couple weeks and before that I was not posting so regularly either. But I’m back! Weekly articles from me...

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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 for the Colorado Rockies surprised everyone.  The young Upton clubbed more home runs than singles in the month and...

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  Jason Collins And The Gay Teammate

  NBA backup center Jason Collins announced today in a Sports Illustrated story that he is gay.  The thoughtful article written by Collins starts: “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m...

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  Absolutely The Best San Francisco 49ers NFL Draft Preview Available Anywhere

  A friend of Off The Bench drops some serious football knowledge in this extensive San Francisco 49ers NFL draft preview. Overview: If you were not aware of it, the 49ers came...

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  The Decline Of Ubaldo Jimenez

  The Cleveland Indian’s Ubaldo Jimenez was once one of the top 5 pitchers in all of baseball.  For the first half of 2010, he was nearly unhittable, racking up a 2.20...

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  American League Betting Favorites

  With the new MLB (Major League Baseball) season on the brink of starting, it is time for those interested in betting on it to consider who might win the American and...

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  An Unapologetic Plea For The Seattle SuperSonics

  As a Mariners’ fan, and as the only representative of this blog who currently lives west of the Hudson River, I spend a majority of my time writing about the Mariners,...

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  The Atlanta Braves Are Better Than Everyone Else

    The Atlanta Braves have started the season 8-1.  They’ve won blowouts and walk-offs.  The best part?  They aren’t even firing on all cylinders.  They are getting contributions from the deeper parts...

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  Jackie Robinson And The McCarthy Hearings

  With “42,” the true story of Brooklyn Dodger great Jackie Robinson, due out on Friday, Off The Bench is going to run a story we did for Vassar’s MODFEST in the...