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The Boston Red Sox Lineup
This is tonight’s lineup for the Boston Red Sox against the New York Yankees: Daniel Nava LF Ryan Kalish CF David Ortiz...
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An Open Letter To The Worst Senator In The Nation
Dear Senator James Inhofe, On the way from your air conditioned car to your air conditioned office, you may have noticed the...
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Pirates Trade Talk: Time To Go All In
Avid readers of this blog will know that I have an unusual affinity for advocating quirky and unorthodox player moves for the...
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Who the Hell is Trevor Plouffe?
Over the course of the first half, the Minnesotta Twins have managed to maintain their success total ineptitude from the 2011 season....
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Player Profile: Justin Smoak/Munenori Kawasaki
So the boss (Max) asked me to do a player profile of Justin Smoak. He asked me to do this for two...
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What’s The Deal With Drew Stubbs?
The Cincinnati Reds are built to win, both now and in the future. Between Mat Latos and Johnny Cueto (who really should have been...
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The Cuban Misallocation-of-funds Crisis
The Los Angeles Dodgers were so busy being really good at baseball the past few months that one could almost forget Ned...
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The NCAA Expose
While you ponder the Shakespearian nuance of this title, know that I thought long and hard about just how scathing, how all-encompassing, and...
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Cycling Around
Last night, Aaron Hill hit for the cycle in the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. It was Hill’s second cycle of...
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A Look Into the Nerdom of Fantasy Football
Here at Off The Bench we’re a mostly baseball blog, and this week I’ll be broadening your horizons and making you feel infinitely better...
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Will Middlebrooks, Prepare for Launch
While the success of the Free Trevor Bauer movement has yet to be determined, Operation Liberation-of-Will-Middlebrooks has just come to fruition. The...
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7 Minutes Of Terror: Possibly The Coolest Thing Ever
In August, NASA will attempt to put a rover on the surface of Mars. This is a video about how they’re going...