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For better or worse, Dustin Pedroia was Boston

There’s an easy-to-reach joke when someone really old dies. “Oh he died years ago, he just fell down yesterday.” That’s basically how it feels with Dustin Pedroia announcing his retirement today. He’s only played nine games in the past three seasons, so his retirement basically announced him. Read more…

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Masahiro Tanaka won’t make it to Cooperstown, but — like hoop’s Hall — there should be room for stories like his

In seven seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers, Arvydas Sabonis averaged 12 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. His biggest accomplishments were being the NBA’s Player of the Week at the end of March in 1996, and finishing 12th in the league in total rebounds in 1997-98. Read more…

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With A-Rod and Big Papi on ballot next year, gatekeepers of Cooperstown will face a reckoning

Just as most writers want, to get the affirmation they apparently crave by denying millionaires access to a club, no one will enter the Baseball Hall of Fame this summer. Once again, they have kept the sanctuary safe from the heathen of Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, as they see it. They won’t get to […]

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Curt Schilling’s putrid mouth continues to keep him out of Cooperstown…. good

The good news is that Curt Schilling isn’t going into the Hall of Fame this summer. In fact, no new players will be joining last year’s class of inductees this summer in Cooperstown after the results of the Baseball Writers Association of America’s balloting were announced Monday evening. Read more…