Posts By Jon Rimmer
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1.9KBold PredictionsShohei Ohtani: The Best is Yet to Come
As you’re reading Off the Bench Baseball, I surely don’t need to tell you who or what Shohei Ohtani is. Yet, for...
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2.0KArizona DiamondbacksHow Important Are “Productive Outs”, Really?
Chics - and wins - dig the long ball.
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11.4KSeattle MarinersMariners Follow Different Process in Late September after George Kirby’s Comments
Earlier this month, Seattle starting pitcher George Kirby entered the bottom of the seventh inning against Tampa Bay with a 4-2 lead....
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10.5KResearchOn Hinchcliffe Stadium
After over two decades of calling the campus of Montclair University home, the New Jersey Jackals of the Independent Frontier League started...
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6.1KOakland A'sMLB Legacies: Tony Phillips
There is plenty of discussion among modern baseball fans and media about how to properly evaluate big league baseball players. Although we’ve...
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6.0K1Miami MarlinsLet’s give Kim Ng credit for the Miami Marlins
We’re almost at the halfway mark of the 2023 MLB season and to no one’s surprise, the Astros, Yankees and Dodgers have...
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8.3K1AL EastDo Not Fire Aaron Boone
The New York Yankees, they of the $270 million dollar payroll and “Evil Empire” moniker, entered action on May 2nd in sole...
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19.1KHall of FameThe Babe and Showtime Have Nothing on Bullet Rogan
Shohei Ohtani’s extraordinary ability and production have given baseball fans plenty to talk about over the past five years. He’s been a...
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21.8KNational LeagueWhat Happened to Didi?
This past Thursday the Phillies announced that they were parting ways with shortstop and 11-year MLB veteran Didi Gregorius by giving him...
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11.5K1AL WestSo…. Joe Maddon
Earlier this season I wrote here about the comical extent to which MLB owners lack self-awareness. On June 7th, former Los Angeles...
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11.5K1Colorado RockiesThe Absolute Worst Great Season Ever
Dante Bichette entered the 1999 season as a four-time All-Star and a Silver Slugger winner who’d received MVP votes in four different...
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11.3K2AL CentralA Unique Perspective On the Josh Donaldson- Tim Anderson Situation
You’re a reader of Off the Bench Baseball so you’re surely aware of the incident(s) between Tim Anderson and Josh Donaldson that...