Category: MLB
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The Fair Trade of Pro Sport Managers and Coaches
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . The NHL trade deadline is fast approaching, the NBA trade deadline just passed, and the MLB and NFL are both enjoying some downtime before potentially making some moves to...
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Toronto Blue Jays Building the Flock
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . In Dunedin, Florida no fewer than 32 pitchers and 9 catchers were given medical exams in preparation for official spring training workouts for the Toronto Blue Jays. By Friday,...
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Miguel Cabrera Medically Cleared to Resume Baseball Activities
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Detroit Tigers first baseman, Miguel Cabrera, has been medically cleared to resume hitting, running, and throwing after undergoing foot and ankle surgery during the off-season. Cabrera finished last year...
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The New York Yankees Retirement Plan
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . The New York Yankees are baseball’s manifestation of William Blake’s concept of Hell: specifically that Hell is not a source of punishment, but rather the manifestation of unsuppressed desire....
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Derek Jeter and Peyton Manning Appear on SNL 40th Anniversary Special
Derek Jeter and Peyton Manning both appeared on stage at Saturday Night Live's 40th Anniversary special. Both Jeter and Manning hosted the show at one point, and both received mixed reviews for their acting chops....
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Yankees in Need of Locker Room Replacement for Jeter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPgA1EkcK74 With Derek Jeter retiring the New York Yankees will be looking for a veteran leader in the locker room. The Yankees will need someone that has a pedigree of winning , and bagging a...
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Derek Jeter Misses Induction to the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Derek Jeter was unable to be inducted in the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame , as there were complications with his air travel. The state has already extended another...
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Little League Strips Chicago Team Of U.S. Title
President Barack Obama welcomes the Jackie Robinson West All Stars to the Oval Office, Nov. 6, 2014. ( Official White House Photo by Pete Souza ) The 2014 Little League World Series produced many exciting...
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How to Fix the Playoffs in Every Sport
Image courtesy of Joseph Glorioso Photography/Flickr . The inclusion of a team with a sub-.500 record in the NFL playoffs has me irked, but I’ve disliked the playoff structure in all sports for some time...
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Top 10 Most Influential People and Stories in Sports for 2014
Image courtesy of Samuel Stafford/Flickr . Out of the hundreds of exasperatingly exhausting stories that were layered with corruption and distaste during 2014 (kindly shoo, Adrian Peterson , Ray Rice , and Donald Sterling), here...
