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Step into the batters’ box against this guy… if you dare!

Would you step up to the plate in a Major League game if you knew there was a 10 percent chance you were about to get hit by one of the pitches? Maybe you’d put a foot in the box and stand within the corner and hope the pitcher had enough control this time, but […]

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Choose your fighter: deGrom or Ohtani?

New York Mets’ starter Jacob deGrom is kinda having a pretty alright season. More than 60 games in, his 0.56 ERA is half that of Bob Gibson’s from 1968 (1.12 — the lowest single-season ERA in the modern era). He’s also striking out 14.48 batters per nine innings pitched, which would also be the all-time […]

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Throwing a baseball 101 mph has consequences

Baseball can’t have anything nice. Jacob deGrom, who was doing his best impression of Bob Gibson circa 1968 so far this year, had to leave his start yesterday with discomfort in his side. This was just days after he had a start pushed back because of discomfort in his lat. We don’t know if it’s […]

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Throwing a baseball 101 mph has consequences [Updated]

Baseball can’t have anything nice. Jacob deGrom, who was doing his best impression of Bob Gibson circa 1968 so far this year, had to leave his start yesterday with discomfort in his side. This was just days after he had a start pushed back because of discomfort in his lat. We don’t know if it’s […]

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On Opening Day, the signs of how much we’ve lost were everywhere

After getting the coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, I was pretty out of it on Thursday, which meant that Opening Day was a different experience than usual. I woke up in the morning, had breakfast and walked the dog, then went right back to sleep, setting an alarm to be able to watch the first inning […]

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Bob Gibson Possessed whatever he Desired of This plate and quite literally changed baseball forever

In a year which only keeps giving us horrible, excruciating losses, baseball missing among the most iconic characters, since Bob Gibson died last night at age 84, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It’s reported that he needed a yearlong struggle with pancreatic cancer. Read…