Posts By offthebench
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The Inevitable Eventuality: Jose Reyes is Hurt Again
Jose Reyes was on pace to have one of the most impressive seasons by a shortstop ever. On July 2, he was batting .354...
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What Happened to the Pirates?
We wake up on July 29th and the Pittsburgh Pirates are 1 game back in the NL Central Race. Fast forward 10...
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A-Rod: “Poker, Fighting, and Cocaine: Good Times”
Who cares if A-Rod played in a high stakes poker game? Who cares if a fight broke out while he was playing?...
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Jason Heyward Benched
The Atlanta Braves made a big trade for Michael Born at the deadline in a move to add more speed to the...
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Bigger Bust: AJ Burnett or Johan Santana?
At first glance, the question posed in the title might seem a little strange. Though it can certainly be argued that AJ...
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Trade Deadline 2011 Winners and Losers
The 2011 baseball non-waiver trade deadline has come ands gone. My phone managed to….not explode and some teams managed to get marginally...
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A Surprising Day Before The Deadline Leaves Lots To Talk About
The non-waiver trade deadline is today a 4pm. Undoubtedly, there will be a flurry of trades by teams looking to bolster their playoff...
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Hanley Ramirez is a Knucklehead
About a week ago, Jeff Conine, a former major leaguer known locally as Mr. Marlin and current special assistant to Marlins president David Samson,...
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Yesterday’s Trades
2.5 bigish trades happened yesterday. 2.5 because two, although technically separate and separated by a couple hours, were pretty much just pieces of a larger deal. And bigish because...
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Colby Rasmus for Edwin Jackson: Toronto Getting Good
Colby Rasmus, Trever miller, brian tallet and PJ Walters, for Edwin Jackson, Octavio Dotel, Corey Patterson, and Marc Rzepcynksi is the trade....
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Safe or Out, With McCann hurt, Braves need Help
The Braves and Pirates played 19 innings last night but it was something that happened in the 10th that will have a...
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Safe or Out?
This is the end of the Pirates-Braves game last night. Safe or Out? Or the worst call since Armando Galarraga’s near perfect...