Posts By offthebench
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The Shot Heard ‘Round The World: Baseball In A Global Age
Baseball is generally considered a quintessentially American game. It is colloquially referred to as “America’s Pastime,” and over the last 150 years...
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It’s Time For an International Draft
The MLB currently has a disorganized, chaotic, confusing, and silly method of dealing with amateur ballplayers. It’s time for that to change, especially...
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Derek Jeter Is A Bawse
New York Yankee captain Derek Jeter is known to be quite the womanizer and his web of accomplishments reads like a who’s...
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The Buccos Are Looking Good
I know I write a lot about the Pittsburgh Pirates on this site but I find them really interesting. The Pirates have...
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Ryan Braun and the Steroid Issue Revisited
Milwaukee Brewer Ryan Braun was awarded the National League MVP award about 3 weeks ago. Fast forward 18 days and news breaks...
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Stat of the Day
Stat of the Day is here. On the miniblog. With some other useful info about why we haven’t written about Ryan Braun...
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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...
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Off The Bench Microblog
Sean and Max are pleased to announce the creation of out all new Off The Bench Microblog located at blogoffthebench.tumblr.com. We are...
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Albert Pujols to the Los Angeles Angels
Free Agent Albert Pujols has agreed to a 10 year, $250 Million deal with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The Angels...
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Baseball’s Amnesty Clause
The NBA’s new Collective Bargaining Agreement included an amnesty clause in which a club can terminate a single contract just because. What...
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David Wright Should Be Traded
“The Mets Have to trade David Wright.” I turned to Sean yesterday in our living room and made the case that David Wright has...
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David Wright Should Not Be Traded
“The Mets Have to trade David Wright.” Max turned to me today in our living room and made the case that Wright...