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Hisashi Iwakuma And The AL Cy Young

The Seattle Mariners have found themselves another All-World starting pitcher who will receive inadequate support for the Cy Young awards. Hisashi Iwakuma...

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Collin Cowherd And The Myth Of The Ace

Because I’m a bit of a masochist, I was listening to ESPN’s Colin Cowherd in the car this morning. Cowherd is the...

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Players To Blame For Your Team’s Disappointing Season

It’s mid-August and the Washington Nationals are below .500, 14.0 games back; the $159 Million Philadelphia Phillies haven’t been in contention all...

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Paul Konerko To The Pirates Is A Real Possibility…

Before I begin, let me qualify the title. Paul Konerko to the Pirates is not a real possibility. Or actually, it might...

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Can The Royals Make The Playoffs?

Max and I disagreed on the deadline deal that landed the Kansas City Royals outfielder Justin Maxwell. Max championed the trade as...

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Doug Fister and Justin Masterson Lead Majors in HBP, What Does that Mean?

Detroit Tigers pitcher Doug Fister has hit 14 batters this year. The prolific pace figures to put him among the single season...

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Trade Deadline 2013: Early Winners And Losers

The 2013 non-waiver trade deadline has come and gone. As last year’s Dodgers-Red Sox deal can attest, big things can still happen,...

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Ex-Teammate Grienke Has Harsh Words For Ryan Braun, The Person

In sport today, there seems to be an understanding that competitive edge can sometimes come from performance enhancing drugs, and the edge...

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Five Mediocre Starters Who Would Make Great Closers

Before I start this post, which I have been excited about for a while now, I have to give credit for its...

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The 2013 Baseball Surprises that Shouldn’t have been all that Surprising

Each year, casual fans read some bleacher report article from some misinformed “baseball” writer proclaiming the biggest surprises of the early season....