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He was having one of the worst seasons of anybody, and then he had one of the best games of anybody.
There used to be a Kissing Bandit. Suddenly, there wasn't. It was almost as if a person could get too old to run onto the field and chase ballplayers down. Plus, she would probably get tased these...
So anyway, the Star-Telegram's Drew Davison asked Derek Lowe if players look at advanced metrics and it turns out Lowe thinks sabermetrics cost him a few job offers last winter. Which is ......
Over at ESPN.com, Paul Lukas and Jim Caple have put together a seeded uniforms tournament; Monday the first round went up, with the Tigers and the Cardinals getting first-round byes. I can't figure...
Erik Malinowski at BuzzFeed is good at his job, which is finding sports-related things that you immediately want to share. This most certainly qualifies. Alas, Scott Feldman, we knew you well:
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Prince Fielder, this is a baseball game! Why would you do that in the middle of a baseball game?
Please start taking this game seriously, Prince Fielder!
(Oh, fine, if you must have...
A couple of weeks ago, I noted in this space -- and yes, without even the slightest tinge of skepticism -- that an on-line auction house was promoting a Mickey Mantle game-used bat that had been (g...
Regardless of the worthiness of the cause, you've got to admit that pink bats are pretty hideous on an aesthetic level.
There's much value in having a lefty and righty slugger bat back-to-back in your lineup. Mostly, it's about the strategy of the situation -- forcing a starting pitcher to not get too comfortable...
