Archives
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9.3K1969: The Last All-Star Game in Washington
The half-life of baseball lexicon is usually pretty long. How many people still think of the Houston Astros as an NL team?...
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4.5KVince Velasquez Throwing the Wrong Pitches
As of writing, the Philadelphia Phillies sit a half-game in front of the Atlanta Braves for first place. They’ve reached first this...
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2.5K1Roster of the Month: All Pac-12 Team
Congratulations to Oregon State for winning the 2018 College World Series. Led by 1st round picks Nick Madrigal, Trevor Larnach, and Cadyn...
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2.4KBaseball, Failure, and Scott Pruitt
Scott Pruitt – the scandal-ridden Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, possibly the most corrupt cabinet official in American history, subject of...
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3.7KPerforma PerfectShaker: Rep Your Team At The Gym
The off-season is over. Summer is in full swing and it’s time to show off that beach body you’ve been crafting all...
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3.1KBlake Snell’s Slow Rise To The Top
Blake Snell wasn’t on the top of most preseason fantasy rankings. Most of the baseball experts dismissed the Rays’ lefty as a...
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3.6KCreating the Ultimate Versatile Player
This thing is a thneed. A thneed, a fine something-that-all-people-need! It’s a shirt! It’s a sock! It’s a glove! It’s a hat!...
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4.0KA Response to Deadspin’s Chris Thompson
Think back to your grade school bully; everyone has one. The kid who found something you do that was a little different...
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7.9KAustin Barnes is Weird. Twice.
Baseball players usually have defined roles. There’s your starting shortstop, your #3 starter, and your lefty specialist. Each team has but 25...
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3.1KMatt Harvey’s Trade Value over the Years
In the summer of 2011, I landed an internship of sorts with a general contractor in Knoxville, TN. The job was a...
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11.0KMatt Harvey Analysis: What the Holy Hell Happened?
In short, I’m not sure. But I can definitely and empirically prove something did. Starting in about September 2015 and definitely by...
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1.7K1Bullet-Point Takes on MLB’s First Month
One month in the books (Side-note: how many people actually still know how to score a baseball game? Like, in a book.)...