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The most exciting walk offs of the week (May 13th edition)

Another great week of walk offs is in the book, and we’ve got replays, homers, doubles, and everything else in between. May 6th, Reds vs Red Sox – Grady’s back. The return of Grady Sizemore is finally complete – he’s got a walk off hit with the Red Sox. There wasn’t really much of anything […]

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Mike Trout’s hometown is invading Citizens Bank Park tonight

Tuesday night’s Angels-Phillies game at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia will be a homecoming for Mike Trout, who grew up in nearby Millville. But this isn’t going to be any regular homecoming – approximately 8,000 fans from Millville will be in attendance at the game. That’s nearly 20% the capacity of Citizens Bank Park, and […]

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When is a team truly out of contention?

On Monday, one day after Mother’s Day, Jon Paul Morosi wrote a eulogy for the 2014 Tampa Bay Rays, wondering if it was time for them to blow up their roster and aim for the future. Amazingly, it was not the earliest 2014 eulogy written for a 2013 playoff team; SB Nation’s Steven Goldman beat […]

Age already catching up with Yankees early in the season

With no AL East team breaking away from the pack, the New York Yankees and their 19-18 record (as of May 13) are good enough to hold second place in the division. But can a roster made up almost entirely of older veterans hold together over 162 games? Six weeks in, the Yanks are showing […]

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Real Tweets from Real People: Jose Fernandez is broken

On Monday, the baseball world heard news that it absolutely did not need to hear – Miami Marlins Jose Fernandez was going on the disabled list with a strained right elbow, and that Tommy John surgery was a reasonable expectation. As a baseball fan, it’s awful. I can’t imagine how the 12 diehard Marlins fans […]

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Dugout Digest – an awful night for baseball

  To hell with everything that happened on the field on Monday. Jose Fernandez has been placed on the DL and probably needs Tommy John surgery. Everything I know in life is a lie. This sucks. I don’t have anything else to say, aside from “we’ll have more on this today”. Game of the Night: […]

The Indians are embracing this Brohio thing a little too much

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This week in replay reviews (May 12th edition)

Are we getting to a point where challenges are getting…dare I say, being used properly? We might not be there yet, but we’re getting close. May 6th, Giants vs Pirates – the walk off replay. Starling Marte nearly pulled off one of the most exciting finishes we’ve seen all season, but was called out at […]

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Dugout Digest – Jeckyll and Hyde

The Miami Marlins are one of the most confusing teams in baseball. At Marlins Park, they cannot be stopped – the team is 17-5 at home this year, and they’ve outscored their opponents by 55 runs in those 22 games. On the road, the club is a mess – they’re 3-13 and have been outscored […]

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Carlos Gomez dyed his goatee pink for Mother’s Day

Most players wear pink gear on Mother’s Day in support of breast cancer awareness. Apparently the armbands, cleats and bats weren’t enough for Carlos Gomez, though — the Milwaukee centerfielder went above and beyond by dying his goatee pink for Sunday’s game against the Yankees. The before-and-after photo, from Gomez’s Instagram account: Gomez reached base […]

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Dugout Digest – a tight race

  We all kind of expected that the AL West would be a meat grinder this season. And here on Mother’s Day, it’s just about lived up to the hype. After a slow start, the Mariners are clicking in all cylinders and have surpassed the Angels and Rangers to claim second place in the division […]

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