With four or maybe five of the divisions sewn up, you can be forgiven for thinking that there is not much left to get excited about until the postseason starts. When real, meaningful baseball takes centre stage. The tightest AL
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What is the collective noun for a group of terrible contracts?
My first thought was an albatross. These sort of contracts used to be called “player-friendly”, but now they are dismissed by clubs and the media as bad deals. We can all see that as teams become more analytically savvy, fewer
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Is a Walk Really As Good As a Hit?
Welcome back, Estevão Maximo… It’s a phrase that every young hitter hears from Little League all the way to the majors. ‘Be patient, a walk is as good as a hit.’ There are merits to that phrase, but one must
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Top Five GIFs Of The Week: Week Six
In the week that saw Derek Jeter return to Yankee Stadium, Major League Baseball turn pink for mother’s day and the world beating Colorado Rockies maintain – nay, extend – their NL West lead, we were spoilt for choice on
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Why that player on your team might be the MVP – NL West version
We made it! The final division! My deepest apologies to fans of NL West teams, waiting to see which players made the cut but better late than never right? If you are a fan of the Rockies or Padres, you
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