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Flip Flop Fly Ball: A statistical conquest through the power of visuals

It’s fun, full of facts and random information, all compiled neatly into 150 pages of no hold barred baseball joy. Here’s our review
SCOTT JACOBS
What happens when art meets sport meets fan meets book?  You get Craig Robinson’s lovechild, Flip Flop Fly Ball:  An Infographic Baseball Adventure, a 160 page graphical odyssey illustrating baseball’s unique past [...]

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Hey Mastermind Phil: 10 rings, but you can’t beat zone?

The Bostonian comedian goes after zone defense, college educations, Dick Motta, baseball and more in another classic sports rant
PAUL NARDIZZI
Kobe and the Lakers are now tied 2-2 with the Suns.  The Lakers, a team most NBA losers thought would roll to the Finals, are now in a dogfight that could go the distance.  The Lakers [...]

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JSB 2008 Midseason Report: Alright Nostradamus, step up to the plate

The fine people of Juiced Sports take their hacks at how the second half might play out. And when I say hacks, think Adam Dunn swinging, because these picks are all over the place! Conservatives be damned
SCOTT JACOBS
There is one week left in the first half of the season in MLB, although, [...]

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BoSox and Rays ready to rumble in the (air conditioned) jungle

J Rose
Boston-based opinion will all the subtlety of a sledgehammer
It’s the eve of the biggest series in the history of Tropicana Field and the whole town is, well, basically going crazy for the Rays.
Except for the approximately 1 billion transplanted New Englanders who live here, myself included.
For us exPats we’re caught in the crossfire, torn [...]

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