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Everybody loves to crawl up Trevor Bauer’s ass with him

There’s a memorable scene in Eight Men Out (a great baseball movie, with John Cusack before he became insufferable, and The One True Chicagoan Studs Terkel. Though John Mahoney, also in the film, would have taken that title if Studs weren’t around). Anyway, there’s a scene where Shoeless Joe Jackson covers one eye and… Read […]

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Hey Angels, we’ve solved your Shohei Ohtani problem

Whatever team you’re a fan of, there’s always at least three “best shape of his life” stories in various forms that come out of Arizona or Florida. Whether it’s the vet who had a disappointing season or two, the reclamation project, or the prospect who never quite panned out. It’s boilerplate. Maybe it’s a new […]

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Keep spotlight on Domingo Germán’s domestic abuse suspension, not his hollow ‘apology’

Domingo Germán won 18 games for the Yankees in 2019, but didn’t pitch for New York last year. Not because of anything to do with coronavirus, but the season was only 60 games long and he still had 63 games to serve on his 81-game suspension for a domestic violence incident late in his breakout […]

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Joe Maddon thinks David Fletcher is great, but shouldn’t be throwing others under the bus about it

David Fletcher is a nice, solid ballplayer. Since debuting with the Angels in 2018, he’s played all over the field and been above-average defensively wherever he goes, while posting a .292/.346/.386 line with 10 homers and 13 steals in 283 games. Read more…