American League
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1.6K1A Retrospective From The Future: Looking Back On Commissioner Rob Manfred’s First Five Years In Office
Five years ago, in January of 2015, Bud Selig rode off into the sunset and Rob Manfred assumed the reigns of major...
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3.2KFrancisco Rodriguez Well on His Way to a HOF Career
Before current free agent Francisco Rodriguez got his groove back in 2014, the closer had very little chance at a Hall of Fame career....
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1.8KHall of Fame 2015: The Official OTBB Ballot
Max Frankel: Let’s make this puppy bark. Sean Morash: Ruff! Is our ballot for the baseball bloggers association due today? Max Frankel:...
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1.6KAre the Mariners Really the Second Best Team in Baseball?
According to the projections available through Fangraphs, the Seattle Mariners will be the second best team in baseball in 2015. Sure, this...
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1.9K1Red Sox, Seemingly Intent on Rotation of Number 2’s, Improve; Tigers Solidify Solid Lineup- Get Alfredo Simon in Follow up Move
In the last 24 hours, the Red Sox starting rotation has gone from Clay Buchholz, Joe Kelly, Rubby De La Rosa, Alan...
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1.2KSpitballin’: An off the cuff Off The Bench Conversation
Every so often, Sean and Max have a running text conversation and post it on Off The Bench. Today’s text talk was...
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1.6K1Jon Lester Makes Right Decision, Moves on to Chicago Cubs
Disclosure: I am a lifelong, die hard Boston Red Sox fan. That said, I don’t blame Jon Lester one bit. You can...
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1.3KWhite Sox Retool…. But They Better Not Be Done
It’s definitely not often that I write about the Chicago White Sox, but when I do, it’s usually about Kenny Williams’ incompetence...
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1.3K1Yankees Find Their Shortstop of the Future, But What Future Is It?
First things first, I intended to write about this yesterday when it happened but I was working all afternoon and last night...
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1.6K1Red Sox’ Glut is Met’s Gold: Trades That Make Sense
The New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox are both despised by Yankee fans everywhere. However, that’s about the only thing...
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1.8KImagining the Red Sox’s Next Moves
The Boston Red Sox have apparently signed Hanley Ramirez and Pablo Sandoval to separate 5-year, ~$100 Mil deals. While obviously huge offensive additions,...
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1.5K#FireJimBowden: Jim Talks Red Sox and Cole Hamels
The #FireJimBowden campaign reached its peak this past summer when Jimmy scooped a fake news site, but it has received a shot...