Warning: Tenuous link ahead. A few years ago, the town of Flint, Michigan suffered a catastrophe when cost-cutting measures forced the residents in the General Motors-based city to consume lead-contaminated water resulting in death, disease and birth abnormalities. Political and
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In a recent tweet, fantasy baseball writer Scott White lamented that 21 of the 22 teams in his dynasty league were rebuilding. This sad state of affairs shows how easy it is for fantasy baseball players to throw in the
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Hopefully, you caught the recent Bat Flips and Nerds podcast. The one with the famous four rambling on about subjects as diverse as Bob Carolgees, Heart of Midlothian defenders and Durham Uni’s student newspaper. If you haven’t already listened, you
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I have a few bugbears when I watch a game of Major League Baseball, I feel most of these are derived from the fact that I have never been taught how to play the game or faced something being thrown
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There are many reasons why the Oakland Athletics continue to fail to win the World Series during Billy Beane’s tenure. One much-talked about suggestion is that the postseason is a “crapshoot”. Randomness has a bigger influence over the short 5-game/7-game
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Darius and Tom are joined by Effectively Wild host, The Ringer writer and author of The Only Rule is it Has To Work and The MVP Machine, Ben Lindbergh. They cover the book in detail, including the controversial topic of
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The image above is some usage, speed and spin info on Trevor Bauer‘s 2018 season. Last season he added a slider which he threw 20% of the time to right handed hitters. This change along with some refinement of his
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The ‘Hot Stove’ that is free agency has been rather cold this year, with neither of the top 2 players (Harper & Machado) having signed at the time of writing. But there have been numerous trades and plenty of trade
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So the World Series is complete and the Boston Red Sox are champions. The team with the best record over the season won the playoffs, that doesn’t happen often so the usual discussion of the value of the playoffs compared
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The following is a case for why Blake Treinen should be considered as a Cy Young candidate. I am not certain if he should win but what I am about to detail is why he should get some votes and
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