Short Relief: The Way We Were, Are, and Could Have Been
9/18Oh my baseball was *nuts* back in the day; going from a little stitious to superstitious in September; recapping the 2019 NL East champion Miami Marlins
Short Relief: You Might Think It’s Foolish
9/17Fans should not throw away their shot, so to speak (and see Hamilton in Philadelphia when you can); a farewell to football played on baseball diamonds; separating the true fans from the rooters and knockers
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9/16The Rocky Mountain Vibes finished their first season. Do you feel any better? Me neither.
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9/13It's not a "stolen" base, now is it?; the legend or myth of Mike's cousin, the pitcher; an applicant for the Red Sox team president position makes their case
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9/12Fixing the MLB Draft by making it the Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana Draft (there's confetti and a DJ); when Statcast fails us, we cry inside; Brooklyn is a winner again
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9/11The devil is in the details of striking out; baseball sounds different in each area code; what I was doing the day All-Stars were born
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9/1020 years ago today, Pedro struck out 17 Yankees; MLB has the other professional sports leagues beat in video games at least; Nico Hoerner is the lighting of the beacon, possibly the precious.
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9/09Some players don't have to be told by Ken Griffey Jr. to keep fighting; the Minnesota Twins are Emma Stone in "The Favourite"; ever see an ejected manager leave the field through the center field fence?
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9/06A poem about a joke about a fastball declared to be "boring"; it turns out Airplane! referenced a fictitious baseball game while you had the lasagna; if you can't put a bird on it, how about a top hat?
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9/05The future of baseball broadcasting; when a baseball does not baseball properly; the hamate bone is rather dumb
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9/04Baseball as an "escape"; home runs as the new personal small ball; we see you, September
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9/03Thinking of the Utah coal miners after the Tyler Skaggs news; a rundown of what happens when you watch a 15-inning game; teaching your friend in vain that Mike Tauchman isn't actually good
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8/30The secret best Jeff Jones in MLB history; sleeping on a bullpen meltdown; hahaha, classic Bo Vine
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8/29Cormac McCarthy authors the NL wild card race; Outside the Lines: Lenny Randle, outside the lines; Keon Broxton and the Art of the Duel
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8/28Finally, advanced stats for our boring office jobs; if you can only hire people from one fanbase...; the most depressing Mariners related headlines
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8/27The Baltimore Oriole confirmed he was a duck all along; Don Orsillo is still missed by Red Sox fans; Kyle Ryan is due to become more famous than his cousin, an expressway.
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