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MLB: It's a judgment call!

As expected, Major League Baseball has ruled that Wednesday night's blown call in Cleveland can't be reversed, because it was a judgment call. We will guess that the Athletics will not be mollified by Joe Torre's ruling.

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The trials of being a Larry

Being a Larry just doesn't get you anywhere, and that's more true in baseball than anywhere else.

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Angel Hernandez and the homer that wasn't

Wednesday night, the A's lost a home run and maybe a baseball game because of a blown call, and they're still not over it.

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Was Rickey Romero really ready?

Maybe not. Wednesday night, the Blue Jays lefty recorded just one out against the Rays before getting yanked.

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J.A. Happ, helmets for pitchers, and a new rule?

Pitching's always going to be dangerous, but things can be done and things will, eventually, be done.

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7 more words you can't say on television

The language changes, and baseball's hardly an exception. Sixty years ago, Barry Zito might have been described as a cunny thumb, not no more. Here are some things you just don't hear any more.

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GIFs of hitters missing Matt Harvey pitches

Rob already wrote about Matt Harvey here, and you know that if you want plate-to-apple coverage, you can always go to Amazin' Avenue. But it feels like there's room for at least one more paean to...

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What baseball was like 365 days ago

There are people reading this who have never seen a Baseball Encyclopedia. Oh, you lucky fools. It was the book form of Baseball-Reference.com, but with five percent of the information. It was the...

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Matt Harvey's nearly perfect game

Tuesday night, only two things went wrong for Matt Harvey: He had a bloody nose in the first inning, and he gave up an infield hit in the seventh. Otherwise he was perfect.

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