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The Loria Chronicles, Continued
The Miami Marlins are increasingly embarrassing. After this week’s no-hoodie rule disclosure, Jerry Crasnick reports that the Marlins likely are shopping Marcell Ozuna for a perfectly reasonable...
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Cameron Maybin Was Better Than You Thought In 2015
Today, the Atlanta Braves firesale continued, as they sent CF Cameron Maybin packing to Detroit for young left-handed relievers Ian Krol and Gabe Speier. Neither of these young pitchers are household...
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David Kaplan Loses His Own Trivia Contest
Chicago media person David Kaplan got into it a bit with Cubs fans on the Twitters today because they didn’t overwhelmingly think it a grand idea to trade Starlin Castro to the Yankees for Brett...
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Fans React To More Netting Coming To MLB
Commissioner Bob Manfred said this week that more protective netting is coming to MLB ballparks after a spate of nasty injuries caused by hard hit baseballs hitting fans in 2015: “In addition to a...
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Get Excited, Twins Fans
The Twins submitted the highest posting fee for Korean star Park Byung-ho – and, watching this, it’s OK for Minnesota fans to get excited about what could be: Check it out Minnesota Twins fans….Park...
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What The …?
The Washington Nationals are feeling magnanimous this afternoon: Happy Birthday, Jonathan! pic.twitter.com/OIVBkqP7VC — Washington Nationals (@Nationals) November 23, 2015 Bygones.
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Michael Wilbon Closes His Mind
Michael Wilbon went full get-off-my-lawn during a panel discussion last week about all that is wrong with journalism these days: “What bugs me now is that people is that people sit in their mother’s...
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David Price Hints At Future Plans
David Price made big news on the Twitters tonight: I can always tell the big rumor days…tons of mentions when I haven't even said anything!! I love you all BUT I'm going to play in Japan — David Price...
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Jeffrey Loria Continues To Alienate Marlins Fans
Jeffrey Loria’s obnoxious offseason continues with the holiday firing of Marlins TV analyst Tommy Hutton: The Marlins and Fox Sports Florida dropped TV analyst Tommy Hutton on Monday, a move that...
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Where is Jeff Samardzija’s Career Headed?
A year ago, it seemed that when the 2015 free agent market opened up, Jeff Samardzija was going to compete with guys like Jordan Zimmerman, Doug Fister and Yovanni Gallardo for the second-tier...
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The Lost Files: Ball Eight
Note: This is a long-forgotten Ball Eight draft that was made on Thanksgiving Day, and is what appears to be a collection of photos from MLB players’ thanksgiving meals. I did not make this post (Tony...
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The Pitching Series: Velocity
Over the course of the history of baseball, one thing that has always caught the eye of observers is a pitcher with a great fastball. Even as early as the turn of the 20th century, pitchers with...
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The Pitching Series: Control
Warning: Graph Intensive Post – not suitable for the consumption of those intimidated, frightened, or disgusted by heavy statistical analysis. Proceed at your own caution. In the first installment of...
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The Pitching Series: Efficiency
Last time on The Pitching Series, I used a photo of someone most of you should know as the header photo. It was MLB Hall of Famer Greg Maddux, and I used his image because he’s someone who was...
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