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A topic of many discussions, it seems like MLB is on the verge of instituting a system that will properly identify home run balls and foul balls
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“That ball is hit hard, it’s hit deep, that ball is… out of here?”
You will never hear an announcer say that, but the way some balls have […]

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Rumored deal that would send enigmatic Manny Ramirez to South Florida may not be in the team’s best interests
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If you follow baseball, you’ve heard the rumor. The Marlins, Red Sox, and Pirates are talking a blockbuster three team swap that would net Florida Manny Ramirez.
I’m going to say something that might surprise […]

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If athletes didn’t say ridiculous things, what the heck would we have to talk about?
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Manny Ramirez has said and done a lot of memorable things since inking an eight year $168 million free agent deal with Boston in 2000. But few will manage to top this gem of a quote that […]

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Baseball finally resumes the second half (in full) tonight, and you can say you survived the worst midweek in the sports calendar
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“I’m so cold. I think I see Blue. He looks glorious!”- Will Ferrell, Old School
Sports fans were seeing blue to this week as they actually had to leave their houses […]

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Picks so risky you’ll be saying, ‘did he really just say that?”
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The Indians will not be in the World Series as I predicted at the start of the year… so who’s got the best shot?… O, cmon, did you really think I was going to answer that in the first line? No way […]

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All-Star Game
Alright guys, good All-Star Game last night. It ended well past 12, in the 15th inning with the AL winning, once again proving the giving home field advantage to the winner does have the advantage of letting the best team (i.e. the AL team) have home field advantage in the World Series. […]

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Why you ask? Because of Josh Hamilton. That’s why.

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Alright, before we kick this thing off, let’s play Who Am I. Here we go.
I lead the AL in home runs and play for the atrocious Cleveland Indians. Today on Around the Horn, my name was mispronounced. In 2002 I was part […]

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Is Rich Harden the prayer Chicago Cubs fans have been looking for? Is CC Sabathia the savior in Milwaukee? It’s going to be one heck of a second half as two tough lucked franchises battle it out with huge expectations on the line
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That took a long time.
A day after the […]

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