Jose Ramirez is among the most beloved baseball players. His cheeky smile peeks over the top of the dugout railing as he rallies his Indians teammates. He’s the master of Mario Kart, unrivalled on the track. His helmet regularly flies
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Pinching myself- Miami Marlins on the brink of a playoff berth
Miami Marlins might be in the playoffs this season. ( I need to pinch myself every time I write that down, auch!) That is the reality at the moment. MLB decided to expand the playoffs this season because the lack
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On Top of the World: Marlins Opening Week 3.0
Speechless. I have no speech. This could easily sum up this crazy Opening Week 3.0 for the Miami Marlins. This is what has happened in the season so far: Marlins spent almost a month on the road and got half
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Cleveland Indians: Let’s talk trades
Even in this mutant 60-game sprint of a 2020 season, there is a trade deadline. This year the date falls on August 31, and aspiring champions are already busy stalking the bottom feeders in a bid to pick off their
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The pain of being a Mets fan continues
Let’s explore the opening few games of this weird season, starting with the positives for the New York Mets. Steven Matz It looks like Steven Matz‘s Spring Training success was not a fluke as he has started the 2020 season
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What a double-play tells us about the 2020 Seattle Mariners
So, we’re just over a week in to a baseball season that may not finish. Seattle Mariners Pitcher A has shown some “good stuff”, Hitter B has struck out more than his previous stats might suggest, and Outfielder C has
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From Heaven to Hell – The Miami Marlins Opening Week
How fast you can go from heaven to hell? 3 days it turns out. That is how long it took for the Miami Marlins to fall from Sandy Alcantara’s ace like performance, Jesus Aguilar’s moonshots and a sweet comeback victory
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Review of the Red Sox Opening Home Stand
Well, the Red Sox opening home stretch is over and I think it’s safe to say that it was not as bad as we’d feared. It was worse. Much, much worse. Much had been said in the offseason and Spring
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Toronto Blue Jays: Crushed at the Trop
As is now sadly tradition, the Toronto Blue Jays fell to the Tampa Bay Rays in their recent series at Tropicana Stadium in Florida. In a manner painfully reminiscent of last season’s pitching horrors, the Blue Jays bullpen flopped in
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Episode 188 – 2020 Baseball Visions – The Beat Reporter, with C. Trent Rosecrans
In the first of a series profiling those in key baseball roles ahead of a season unlike any other, C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic Cincinnati joins us to talk about how the job of reporting might be changed forever
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