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A Dish Best Served Over the Left Field Fence
On Tuesday, Jason Grilli whiffed Giancarlo Stanton to end the game and did a bit of gesturing. On Wednesday, Stanton remembered—especially after a mammoth homer in the eighth that put the Marlins up,...
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Carlos Gomez Heard Somthing, Maybe, And Now He’s Mad at Collin McHugh
Backstory plays an important part in most major league drama, and it’s possible that there’s some we don’t yet know about regarding Monday’s intra-Texas incident between the Astros and Rangers. Then...
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RIP Dave Nelson
Brewers analyst Dave Nelson, who played in the big leagues for 10 years, was an All-Star in 1973, and served as a major league coach for 14 seasons, passed away today. Nelson was a firecracker of a...
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Gallo Learns The Hard Way That Bunt Madness Knows No Bounds
By now we know that certain members of the Twins don’t appreciate players bunting against the shift while a Minnesota pitcher is throwing a one-hitter in the ninth. But do we know how the Mariners...
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Simmons Steams Over Odor’s Ardor For Impact
Another crappy slide, another pissed-off middle infielder, another dustup on a big league diamond. This is almost becoming routine. On Saturday, Rangers second baseman Roughned Odor tried to take out...
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Profar Learns The Hard Way That Some Teams Are Sensitive Creatures When It...
Perhaps the trickiest of baseball’s unwritten rules has to do with when to take one’s foot off the gas pedal. Everybody agrees that it’s bad form to pile on when sitting on a big lead late in a game,...
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Rangers Are The Latest To Have Trouble Letting The Kids Play, And Ramon...
We’ve repeatedly discussed the disconnect between MLB’s official “Let the Kids Play” stance and the reality on the ground when it comes to actually letting the kids play. As is frequently the case,...
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Twin Hacks 3-0, Gets Teammate Plunked, Reminds Us That People Still Pay...
There was some old-school baseball played in Arlington yesterday like we haven’t seen in years. The setting: Minnesota leads the Rangers 13-5 in the ninth. With one out and nobody on, Texas reliever...
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Red Sox Play Petty In Failed Attempt To Deny Minor His Strikouts
Baseball has a long history of acknowledging superlative performances from the opposing dugout, but precedent be damned, things in Arlington got downright wacky last night. The moment that has gained...
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Rangers Don’t Dig Tatis’ Tater, Fuel Controversy Over How (Or Whether) To...
Yesterday, Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a grand slam and the internet lost its damn mind. It wasn’t the homer that did it, of course, it was the response … something to do with the unwritten rules. In this...
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