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January 29, 2013

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All the Young Moves

by Ben Lindbergh

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tylersnotes

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the phillies are in the unenviable position of having infield depth that would make its fanbase wish for the return of michael martinez

Jan 29, 2013 05:49 AM

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mblthd

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Or even Kim Batiste.

Jan 29, 2013 09:23 AM

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mblthd

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Ronny Cedeno, a lousy hitter? No way - I saw him hit a home run (over the fence) one time for the Pirates.

Jan 29, 2013 07:00 AM

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Robotey

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Ben, what percent of the readers do you figure get the pun in the title of this story? 10? 6? 3? 22?

Jan 29, 2013 07:11 AM

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onegameref

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I got it. MTH reference.

Jan 29, 2013 08:14 AM

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Deadheadbrewer

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Must be fairly high--I started humming the MTH version of the song as soon as I read the title.

Jan 29, 2013 08:22 AM

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John Carter

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That oldie doesn't get played up here in Toronto. I don't recall hearing in the last 30 years - since I moved here.

They have a 30% Canadian content law up here, so those who listen to the "classic rock" station can't go three songs without hearing Rush, Guess Who, BTO, Neil Young, The Band, Steppenwolf, or numerous unknowable lessor Canadian entities. Sadly, we are rarely treated to Cream, Allman Brothers, Greatful Dead, Spirit, Marvin Gaye, etc. They do love their Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Jimi Hendrix, at least, but you have to live in Montreal to hear prime Yes or early Genesis often enough.

Jan 29, 2013 10:11 AM

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serviceoutrage

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The reference is the sole reason that I clicked on this article first. I would assume more people think of the Bowie version over the original.

Jan 30, 2013 19:22 PM

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Degerman

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There's a mixing up of teams in the second graph of the Garcia posting:

And why not? The Padres (the Mariners?) may be moving in the fences at Safeco, but they can’t move out the marine layer. And even if they could, opposing hitters would still have the park’s out-making infield to contend with.

Jan 29, 2013 08:31 AM

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Ben Lindbergh

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Thanks, fixed. Mixed up my pitcher's parks ending in -co where the fences are being moved in.

Jan 29, 2013 09:29 AM

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John Carter

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Betancourt: I love how you put "SS" in quotes. Here is an interesting report on this in FanGraphs: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/yuniesky-betancourt-and-the-worst-trend-in-baseball/
which was brought to my attention through Tango's new blog site: http://www.tangotiger.com/index.php

Jan 29, 2013 10:16 AM

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OonBoon

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Yuni as an insurance policy is like when you die and the insurance company can't find your beneficiaries so they start taking your monthly premiums out of your payout until it's drained

Jan 29, 2013 20:13 PM

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bakern

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So glad Durbin is off the Braves. For some reason Gonzalez thought he was way better than he really was and let him pitch in some decently high leverage spots.

Jan 30, 2013 09:38 AM

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