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The Correct All-Star Ballot: National League
To reiterate: every season, All-Star starters for each league are chosen by a fan vote. While it is indeed a great honor...
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The Correct All-Star Ballot: American League
Every season, All-Star starters for each league are chosen by a fan vote. While it is indeed a great honor for the...
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Arizona Diamondbacks Trade Talk
The Arizona Diamondabacks surprised everyone last year outperforming analysts’, and likely even their own expectations. The youngsters who made the playoffs in...
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The Mets Must Unleash RA Dickey
RA Dickey has been the best pitcher on the New York Mets this season. In fact, he’s been the best pitcher in...
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The Brandon Beachy News
The Atlanta Braves received bad news today after Brandon Beachy met with the dreaded Dr. James Andrews. The surgeon recommended the young...
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Joel Peralta and How to Cheat (Correctly)
Tampa Bay Ray’s reliever Joel Peralta was caught with pine tar on his glove last night. The substance, found in every dugout...
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We’re Trying To Get Better
Off the Bench is always growing and evolving to try to improve our ability to serve our readers. Now, we’re trying to...
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Slugging Percentage Plus
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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Teammates Battle for Comeback Player of the Year
Comeback Player of the Year is one of those awards they hand out early in the “awards week.” Its given to a...
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Some Quick Notes From 6/16’s Yankees-Nationals Game
I’m planning a bigger post for this evening but until that time I thought I’d share a few thoughts from yesterday’s Yankees-...
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60th Game League Roundup: Part 2, Game 62
In part one of my league roundup, I decided to highlight three teams that deserved mention either for being particularly good (the...
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What’s Wrong with Baseball
The Pittsburgh Pirates represent everything that is wrong with baseball. They’re a small market team that hasn’t found success in the past...