American League
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2.1K1Yankees Need To Trade For Diamondbacks’ Martin Prado
As it stands today, the New York Yankees are 19-16, in second place in the AL East and a game and a...
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1.7KDee Gordon and Slugging Percentage Plus
For whatever reason, becoming a baseball blogger means you develop irrational emotional investments in certain players, or for certain underappreciated skill sets. Max had...
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2.0KFixing Instant Replay: How MLB Can Reconcile Legacy and Technology
We’re two weeks in and it’s indisputable: replay in baseball is flawed. It’s confusing everyone involved–fans, umpires, players, broadcasters, managers, and talk...
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1.5KIt Was… The Most Interesting Game Ever Played
It doesn’t always hold your attention, but when it does, it prefers Yankees/Red Sox. Baseball is on it’s way out, say some....
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2.5KCatching Situations To Watch
I was happy to see former University of Tennessee star JP Arencibia in a Texas Rangers uniform earlier this week. Following the...
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1.8KMonday’s Notebook: Baseball is Back and so is… Andrew Brown?
Baseball began in earnest yesterday, which meant that Max and I exchanged about 100 iMessages as both of us were working watching...
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1.5KThe Official OTB Preseason Picks
Baseball is back and that is awesome. We’re in for a whole summer of home runs and head first slides, singles and...
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1.2K2014 Spring Training SuperStars
Spring Training results don’t matter. I’ve said this before, when Off The Bench was in its infancy, but every year I find myself...
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1.8KMonday’s Notebook: Dave Dombrowski is Baseball’s James Dolan
Rarely do I get a chance to unabashedly mock grown men for being bad at their jobs, but rarely do grown men...
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1.5KSimmering Sizemore Situation Stumping Sox
A few weeks ago I wrote about the Boston Red Sox’ zero-risk, Bill Belichick-style value signing of Grady Sizemore. It appears I was...
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2.0K2Season Preview: AL Central
In 2014, the American League Central will look to bring the World Series crown back to the division for the first time...
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2.2K2Season Preview: American League West
The AL West has done a pretty good job of defying prediction of late. In each of the last two seasons, the...