Posts By David Ringold
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Baseball in the Olympics: Is the Winter an Option?
The Games are in full swing. Michael Phelps became the Greatest Olympian Ever, his 18 golds equalling the total medal count of...
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Mariners
I don’t know if the rest of the world knows or cares about this, but the Mariners are on a 7 game...
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Fast Reactions: Ichiro to NYY (Mariners Edition)
I know I’m a little late, but I just got done with an 11 hour shift, so here is my reaction to...
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WAR! Huh-yeah! (Everything You’ll Ever Need To Know About WAR)
So this past week ESPN decided to add WAR (Wins Above Replacement) to their working list of statistics. They’ve legitimized it, displaying the...
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The Art Of Fielding: A Review
Today I am going to take advantage of the mostly clause in “a mostly baseball blog.” Rather than discuss a baseball issue...
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Bold Predictions: All-Star Edition
Since Sean just revisited some of the pre-season Bold Predictions I thought it a perfect time to make some of my own....
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Player Profile: Justin Smoak/Munenori Kawasaki
So the boss (Max) asked me to do a player profile of Justin Smoak. He asked me to do this for two...
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A Look Into the Nerdom of Fantasy Football
Here at Off The Bench we’re a mostly baseball blog, and this week I’ll be broadening your horizons and making you feel infinitely better...
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Of No Hitters and Close Plays
Friday the Mariner’s pitching staff completed the 234th no-hitter in baseball since 1900 it was a great accomplishment and pleased fans and...
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Give ‘em a break
My friends and I watch a lot of sports. Most of us also played sports competitively and are intelligent guys (and girls)....
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Sudden Death Dodgeball
“Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to witness the greatest happening in sport: sudden-death dodgeball.” “Pepper needs new shorts!” Many of you will recognize...
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Interleague Supremacy
Sorry for the delay in my article, last Monday was my birthday and I worked 12 hours, Tuesday I decided to celebrate...