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Radio: Analyzing Ozzie Guillen to the Marlins, small market baseball, and who will win the wild card race tonight in both the AL and NL
SCOTT JACOBS
Today is the last day of the 2011 MLB regular season. We may have tiebreakers I don’t know, but leave it to the Marlins to look ahead to 2012, when so many teams still have their eyes on the trophy in 2011. Today, the Miami Marlins of Florida (just kidding, I think) announced that [...]
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Taking the pulse of Red Sox Nation with Harvey Frommer
The Boston Globe best selling author takes time out of his busy schedule to talk Red Sox collapse, possible realignment, the dominance of Justin Verlander, why Mariano Rivera is NOT the most dominant pitcher of his generation, and who he’s pegging as the team to beat come October. Plus who would he rather have if [...]
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Nothing wild about this year’s forgettable Wild Card races
The Braves and AL East are running away with the Wild Card. Literally. Is this year just unusual? Yes, says previous August 19th standings dating back to 2002. Very, very unusual
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In 1994 Major League Baseball instituted the Wild Card, making room for a non-division winner to make the playoffs, and giving baseball a whole [...]
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Thome’s 600 home runs still leaves me skeptical
Was he clean? If so it’s a tremendous feat. Does 600 home runs make him a Hall of Famer? Let’s discuss
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To give you an idea of the watered down state of home runs and our Quiz Show-esque perception of them — mainly that we look afar with untrustworthy eyes — Jim Thome reaching the [...]
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Christian Lopez: another reminder of how sports can pleasantly surprise us
From unknown to unbelievable, one baseball fan’s decision to do what’s right over what was sensible, has forever changed his life — for the better
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This time last week chances are no one knew who Christian Lopez was. Well, besides his friends, family, and maybe some work buddies. But in the scope of things he [...]
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Carlos Delgado: the definition of clean?
The recently retired slugger may be one of the few consistent hitters to make it out unscathed from the horror of the asterisk. Maybe.
JIM RUBERA
Carlos Delgado just retired with 473 home runs. Good idea, bro. #steroids
But wait. Look at his stats. His numbers have been consistent since before the steroid era and through [...]
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The best and worst of Manny Ramirez – Juiced style
Yesterday he retired, today we take a look back at the strange and demented career of Manny Ramirez — through the lens of Juiced Sports
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The good folks at Juiced Sports (always fun to talk in third person) have been bringing you opinions, content, and totally horrendous predictions (I am no Nostradamus people) for nearly [...]
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In a League of his own. Literally.
Manny Ramirez’s sudden retirement is the perfect ending to a career few could figure out
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Throughout it all, the hitting streaks, the timely doubles, the infectious smile, and the dreads, Manny Ramirez was in every sense of the word, a memorable character. As eccentric as they come. So with his career clearly on the decline, [...]
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