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Rob Neyer

National Baseball Editor

Rob Neyer began his career with legendary baseball author Bill James, and later worked for STATS, Inc. and ESPN.com, writing more words for that website than anyone else. Rob has written or co-written six baseball books, including Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends. Growing up in Kansas City, Rob's favorite teams were the Royals, the Minnesota Vikings and the long-lost Kansas City Kings.

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The essence of fandom

Sunday afternoon, the Miami Marlins entered their game against the Arizona Diamondbacks with the worst record in the major leagues: 11-32. In just their second season in a taxpayer-funded baseball...

Jimmy Paredes strikes again!

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For the second time in a week, Astros right fielder Jimmy Paredes collided with a teammate playing second base. Monday night, it cost the Astros their second baseman. Friday night, it cost the Astros the game. Herein, all the gory details.

See Wrigley Field before they tear it down!

In case you're wondering, - this is a Lego version of Wrigley Field, and - it took 640 hours to create. It would have taken longer, but the creator left out the impending JUMBOTRON that's going...

H.C.B.C. - Today in uninspiring blurbs

I can't even remember what prompted this, but recently I was moved to acquire a memoir dictated by Ray Crump, for many years the Twins' clubhouse manager. I have to admit that I haven't read it...

Worst. Pitch. Ever.

Well, that's not literally true. Mitch Williams probably threw the worst pitch ever. This might be the ugliest pitch ever: An outlier? Sure! But Felix Doubront's control was hardly stellar the...

Phil Hughes: Object Lesson

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Two starts ago, Phil Hughes' new-found slider was all the rage. Two starts later, nobody's talking about Phil Hughes' slider. Funny, what can happen in two starts.

What do Hillsboro Hops look like?

Thursday, the brand-new Hillsboro (Oregon) Hops, newest members of the short-season Northwest League, unveiled their brand-new uniforms.

MLB's 10 worst hitters, and optimism

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These guys have been terrible, but at least of them will improve.

Ian Kinsler and the Slide of the Year

It's still May, and it's a long season so it's completely possible that we'll see an uglier slide than Ian Kinsler's third-base wipeout Thursday night. For example, at some point a player might...

Ned Yost on how not to manage

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When this season began, the Royals seemed to have improved themselves since last season, but also seemed to have a few obvious problems. One, they were relying on Luis Mendoza and Ervin Santana in...