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New Contract Rules Are The Right Call
The MLB and the MLBPA announced today that contracts like those of Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, and Ryan Zimmerman will no longer...
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Texas Rangers Pitching: Best in the Bigs?
We wake up midway through our second full week of baseball and seem to finally be getting into a routine: night games,...
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Eastbound and Down: Kenny Powers and the End of an Era
“Eastbound and Down,” at once one of the most absurd and poignant shows to ever exist, drew to a close this past...
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Dee Gordon Will Steal 100 Bases this Year
The Los Angeles Dodgers are 9-1, owners of the best record in baseball, were just sold for $2 billion to a group...
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The Myth of the Important Closer
With the news of Brian Wilson of the San Francisco Giants headed to the DL and likely out for the season I...
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The Red Sox Must Trade Kevin Youkilis
Kevin Youkilis has been synonymous with the Boston Red Sox for most of the last decade. He, along with teammates Dustin Pedroia and Jon...
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James Shields: Most Underrated Pitcher Out There
We’ve all heard the nickname of Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher James Shields– Big Game James. It’s really a poor nickname, but...
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Ozzie Guillen Shouldn’t Be Suspended
CORRECTION: The below article was published before it became clear that Ozzie Guillen was suspended by the Miami Marlins, not Major League...
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The Sky is Falling
We wake up this morning and all seems in order in the standings out West and in the Central, aside from the...
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The Lost Art of Box Score Reading
I look at the young’uns today and see that they cannot get the story of the game from a box score anymore,...
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Running Diary, April 7
My first running diary of the 2012 season. The games I’ll be watching for at least a little while are Phillies-Pirates, Yankees-Rays,...
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3 Observations from Opening Day
Today was the first full day of baseball and it was great. We already saw a 16 inning game, two 1-0 games,...