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1.3KCan 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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1.5KThe Off The Bench Water Cooler: AROD, Cargo, And The Resurgent Buccos
The first in hopefully a long line of informal baseball dialogues between the founders of OTBB. Inspired by our friends over at...
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1.5KHyun-jin Ryu A Major Key To Dodgers’ Sucess
Hyun-jin Ryu is a rookie starter for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is currently one of the front runners for NL Rookie...
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2.0K1The Washington Nationals: What Went Wrong And How To Fix It
Coming into this season, the Nationals were the odds on favorites in the National League. In fact, OTBB selected the Nats to...
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1.2KHarvey-Lee, Kershaw- Zimmerman Duel, The Red Hot Rays, and Pirates and Reds,NL Central Hopefulls, Clash: Running Diary 7/21
There are a ton of great games this afternoon during the 1-2 eastern or, more appropriately for me at this point, 12-1...
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1.3K30 Parks: A Sports Photography Travel Book
An avid baseball fan and amateur photographer from NY, Kevin Davis, launched an Indiegogo campaign this week to gain funding for a part-travel, part-photography...
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1.6KFive 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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2.0K2Carl Crawford To The Pirates Makes Sense For Everyone
Recently, the Los Angels Dodgers have been embraced the role of baseball’s bottomless money pit–and they’ve been treated as such. Since being...
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2.1K2Michael Cuddyer Really This Good? Slugging Percentage Plus June Update
The simplest form of baseball statistics is batting average. It’s been around since they invented the game. But since Bill James and...
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1.6K1Paul Goldschmidt is Quietly Piling Up An MVP Season
Paul Goldschmidt, the first basemen for the Arizona Diamondbacks, was never seen as an elite prospect or a guy who could one...
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1.2KVictory Field: A Photo Essay (Or: Indianapolis Indians 3 – Pawtucket Red Sox 2)
Since I didn’t have Tim McGraw tickets, I wasn’t particularly interested in the Pacers, and there’s not that much to do in...
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1.1K1The Atlanta Braves Desperately Need Bullpen Help
I had the privilege of attending Citi Field for the Sunday night game featuring the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets. It...