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Cahill Makes DiamondBacks Serious Contenders

This may come as a shock to most of you, but the Arizona Diamondbacks are the defending NL West champions. They beat...

Sean and Max are pleased to announce the creation of out all new Off The Bench Microblog located at blogoffthebench.tumblr.com. We are...

Free Agent Albert Pujols has agreed to a 10 year, $250 Million deal with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The Angels...

The NBA’s new Collective Bargaining Agreement included an amnesty clause in which a club can terminate a single contract just because. What...

“The Mets Have to trade David Wright.” I turned to Sean yesterday in our living room and made the case that David Wright has...

“The Mets Have to trade David Wright.” Max turned to me today in our living room and made the case that Wright...

In the sports world, we’ve long seen guys take political or religious stances. Muhammad Ali, after changing his name because of its...

The 2012 MLB Hall of Fame Ballot was announced this week and it is terrible. By my estimation, there is exactly 1 player...

In the first roster move of his legendary tenure as Chicago Cubs orchestrator Theo Epstein has announced the signing of a two...

Playing baseball in the cold weather absolutely sucks. Your hands hurt, you feel like you can’t move, and you just want to...