Posts By offthebench
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Tim Tebow: The Great Divider
In the sports world, we’ve long seen guys take political or religious stances. Muhammad Ali, after changing his name because of its...
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The 2012 Hall of Fame Ballot Class Is Terrible
The 2012 MLB Hall of Fame Ballot was announced this week and it is terrible. By my estimation, there is exactly 1 player...
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David DeJesus Signing: Really Theo?
In the first roster move of his legendary tenure as Chicago Cubs orchestrator Theo Epstein has announced the signing of a two...
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Cold Weather Baseball
Playing baseball in the cold weather absolutely sucks. Your hands hurt, you feel like you can’t move, and you just want to...
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Official Off The Bench Free Agent Predictions
I’d like to go on record with my free agent predictions before any of the major players sign anywhere. It’ll be interesting...
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What Were MVP Voters Thinking?
This season, both of our MVPs, Justin Verlander in the AL and Ryan Braun in the NL, were anything but unanimous. In...
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Miguel Cabrera Demands Trade to St. Louis
Miguel Cabrera has been causing headlines in recent offseasons for mostly the wrong reasons. There was last Spring’s DUI incident when Cabrera...
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Verlander Wins MVP
Justin Verlander is the first pitcher to win the MVP award since Denis Eckersley in 1992. Verlander received 13 of the 28...
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Justin Verlander Should Win AL MVP Today
The AL MVP will be announced today at 2 PM and the fantastic thing is that we will be discussing this for...
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Season-long Interleague: A New Baseball Landscape
With the sale of the Houston Astros and their 2013 move to the AL, baseball is totally different. The two big things...
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Roy Halladay Didn’t Win The Cy Young Award. But If He Had, We Were Prepared…
Roy Halladay has to make more room on his mantle as he’s going home with his third Cy Young award and second...
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Clayton Kershaw Wins NL CY Young
Clayton Kershaw is 23 years old and can add a Cy Young to his mantle. The young lefty from Texas proved to...