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The exciting, inexplicable debut of Jose Fernandez

The Marlins put Jose Fernandez in their rotation to start the season, even though he was skipped over in Double-A and Triple-A. What could they be thinking?

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Getting Vlad back to the majors

A simple four-step plan that 29 teams will approve of.

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40 years later, ranking the all-time DH's

Sure, you know about Edgar Martinez and Frank Thomas and David Ortiz. But what about the other great Designated Hitters since 1973?

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The designated hitter is coming

This is an article about the DH. If history is any guide, that means just below it, there will be people arguing about the DH. This is how the Internet works. This is how life works. And this...

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No word for "pitch count" in Japan

What happens when a high-school pitcher throws more pitches in a week than major leaguers throw in a month? We'll see.

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Roberto Hernandez and what the Rays might be up to

When you don't have money, you have to use a little ingenuity. When the glove compartment wouldn't close in my rusted-out Volvo years ago, I could have taken it to a body shop. Or I could have had...

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The most valuable pitchers in baseball

Tuesday night, Yu Darvish and Madison Bumgarner both pitched magnificently, but they're dissimilar pitchers. Darvish is right-handed; Bumgarner is left-handed. Darvish has a plethora of pitches...

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I know how Yu Darvish feels

One time I was writing this perfect blog post—it was witty, insightful, and totally on point. I was marshaling evidence like nobody's business! Then, at the very end, I wrote, "You know, Hitler...

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What history says about the Jays' big offseason

The Jays lost 89 games last year, but they made a lot of squawking in the offseason. Has that worked out in the recent past?

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About those new-look Orioles ...

No, the O's didn't make any big moves last winter. But they don't seem real worried about it.

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