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Did anyone else see the Angels’ hats last night?
The Yankees are in Anaheim so I watched the game with a bunch of my friends last night. A few of us...
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Logan Morrison Fires Back at Sabean
Brian Sabean, GM of the San Fransisco Giants, was upset about his star catcher getting injured in a collision at the plate. ...
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Preliminary AL All-Star Voting Results Are Perplexing
A couple of days ago I wrote about the early returns on the NL All-Star voting. Overall, I thought the results were...
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How College Football Coaches Should Cheat
Off The Bench is proud to have its third guest blogger. Remember, boys and girls, you can email us a blog, if...
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David Wright May Land Elsewhere Next Season, And That Would Be Good
David Wright hit 29 homers and had 103 RBI last season, despite playing at spacious Citi Field playing for the New York Mets. In...
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Spring Training Stats Translating to Early Season Success
We all know the argument that Spring Stats don’t matter. Veterans take the time to get at-bats, work on seeing pitches, work...
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NL Early All-Star Voting Results Shed Light On Fan’s State of Mind
The early results of the NL All-Star voting have been posted on MLB.com and they’re pretty interesting . There are a couple...
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How to Win the MVP Award
I put a bunch of Math into yesterday’s post without looking at who actually won the MVP over the past 10 years...
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Longoria Hitting Leadoff Makes Sense
In last night’s 7-3 loss to the Cleveland Indians, the Tampa Bay Rays’ manager, Joe Madden, hit 3B Evan Longoria in the...
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Can Stats Predict The MVP?
Basketball has the unfortunate problem of difficulty of quantifying greatness. The nature of people’s games differs so much that statistically, they’re very...
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24 Hour Networks Leave Something To Be Desired
Since being home from school I’ve had more time on my hands to check out some TV. ESPN has always been a...
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Fun stuff from the 19 inning game
Buster Posey has a broken ankle and possible ligament damage and a knee injury. That depresses me. I hate when guys go...