November 2011
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“The draft was the biggest bargain in the sport, and MLB, through some bizarre...”
– Keith Law on the MLB CBA changes
October 2011
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13 Years Later And Still Nope
Fox baseball announcer Joe Buck still has a way to go to match his father, Hall of Fame broadcaster Jack Buck, in the tell-it-like-it-is department, but he’s getting there.
- Sports Illustrated August 24, 1998
September 2011
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July 2011
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June 2011
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WatchMo’s first career RBI
May 2011
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March 2011
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People Will Buy Into This But They Shouldn't
Option 1: Purchase 50 to 74 Grandstand Level tickets in Section 406 for the Malibu Rooftop Deck Group Ticket Pack at $50 per ticket and receive a semi-private, 90-minute pre-game party* with all-inclusive food and nonalcoholic beverages.
Option 2: Purchase 75 or more Grandstand Level tickets in Section 406 for the Malibu Rooftop Deck Group Ticket Pack at $50 per ticket and receive a private,...
February 2011
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January 2011
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Things I Will Do If Andy Pettitte Does Not Come...
Weep
Sob
Cry
Wail
Bawl
Howl
Lament
Sniffle
Frown
Kill myself and others
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I Love To Fart: Deal With It
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Via Jonah Keri and Tommy.
December 2010
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November 2010
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A Preview of Hal Steinbrenner's Response to Chuck...
October 2010
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A Lesson in Bad Managing
Bottom 8th: San Francisco Leads Texas 2-0 - D. O’Day relieved D. Oliver — Good move! - A. Torres struck out swinging - F. Sanchez struck out swinging - B. Posey singled to right center - D. Holland relieved D. O’Day — Nate Schierholtz is a LHB but I’m not sure he warrants matchups, what with the ~.700 OPS across the board and all that. - N. Schierholtz walked, B....
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“Vin Scully, who was the young announcer under Red Barber—he sold baseball...”
– Carl Erskine
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This Is How I Felt Last Night, Except With More...
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“Those guys that can really pitch, Martinez and Clemens, they’re not going...”
– Robin Roberts
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“The Yankees will find an outfielder to replace Melky Cabrera, who is headed to...”
– Ken Rosenthal, 12/22/2009
September 2010
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Fire Phil Cuzzi
This is the kind of zone where you look at it and think the cameras are off, but when you watch the game you see that they were not and that the umpire is terrible. If your zone is this bad you should not have a job being an umpire in Major League Baseball.
Phil Cuzzi is also one of the autostrike 3-0 callers, a few of the absolutely ridiculous called strikes in there are due to them. Just give...
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Curtis Smash
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August 2010
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July 2010
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“Too flashy. I didn’t know that’s in the rulebook. Oh it’s not...”
– Brian Wilson, on his orange shoes. Marlins managed Edwin Rodriguez complained that they were too flashy and Wilson got hit with a fine.
Wren & Stimpy: Update #1 (7/16-7/26)
In the first update of this series, we saw Yunel Escobar hit his first two dingers of the 2010 campaign and post a ridiculous .359/.390/.564/.403 vital line (AVG/OBP/SLG/wOBP) over his first 42 trips to the plate with the Blue Jays. This line accounted for an impressive 2.7 weighted runs above average. Go, Yunel.
Down in Atlanta, Alex Gonzalez’s .394 BABIP aided him to the tune of a...
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Wren & Stimpy
I’ll let MLB Trade Rumors founder Tim Dierkes start this off: “Braves GM Frank Wren told David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “This trade improves our club for the second half of the season.”” I think Mr. Frank Wren is out of his goddamn mind, and I will dedicate my time to keeping a close eye on how these two perform henceforth so I can gloat at...
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“Maybe it’s because the Dodgers were his [Frank McCourt’s] third...”
– Molly Knight, ESPN the Magazine
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June 2010
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