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Sigh Young
The Big Three in A.L. contention for Pitcher Of The YearHighly recommended is Hardball Times. It lists almost every stat one could imagine; though missing is the ultra-confusing/sophisticated stat,...
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Ian Kennedy, Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander
Ian Kennedy with the beard the Yankees would not permitOne of the true surprises, if not shocks, of 2011 is the success of Yankees castoff Ian Kennedy (21-4). His earned-run average is something like...
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Ron Washington, Interesting Manager of the Texas Rangers
Ron Washington: In the driver's seatRon Washington has had an interesting career. He and I (Evander) are less than a year apart. There are few African American managers in the history of Major League...
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Counterintuitive Ball
Hair-raising baseball series indeedBoth series come down to one-of or-two-of-two. The St. Louis Cardinals win one game, on the road in Milwaukee, and they are in the World Series. The Texas Rangers win...
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It Just Got Wilder
Jim Crane, new owner of the Houston Astros: on the verge of moving to the A.L. As announced earlier, the Houston Astros, the team that entered the National League along with the New York Mets in 1962,...
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Congratulations Ryan Braun and Justin Verlander
Ryan Braun's big swing won him Most Valuable Player honorsRyan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers and Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers won the MVP in their respective leagues. Braun beat out Matt...
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Once round the Sun for Right Off the Bat
Once around for “Right Off the Bat”Our blue sphere has made one revolution round the sun, and in the words of James Joyce, “by a commodious vicus of recirculation back to” today, July 12, 2012, Martin...
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Kung Fu Panda Mauls Tigers
Tigers catcher Alex Avila quipped that he wants what Pablo Sandoval had for breakfast.Two big pieces of news come out of last night’s Game 1 of the World Series. First, the Giants’s Pablo Sandoval...
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Baseball Meets Smectymnus
Joe Torre from playing days. Warren Spahn is reported to have said: “Boy, are you fat!”As the Hot Stove League season kicks into high gear, with the advent of some old-style winter weather thro much of...
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Predicting the 2013 Baseball Season
Forecasting baseball future, Kabbalah-style The 2013 baseball season, which opens on April Fools’ Day, promises to make a fool of all prognosticators. Nothing new in this. How could one imagine the...
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