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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - MARCH 20: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers reacts after the 3rd inning during the 2024 Seoul Series game between Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres at Gocheok Sky Dome on March 20, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

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Chris Thompson

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Sockdolager Is The New Dinger

Tom Ley

Blake Snell #4 of the San Diego Padres looks on during the sixth inning of a game against the Colorado Rockies at PETCO Park on September 19, 2023 in San Diego, California.

Blake Snell’s Contract Looks Like Trouble

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - NOV. 20: Renel Brooks-Moon, the San Francisco Giants' PA announcer since 2000, poses for a portrait at Oracle Park on Friday, November 20, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. Brooks-Moon, 62, was born in Oakland and is a Mills College graduate. Brooks-Moon has been using her longevity and voice to call out inequities in the hiring practices of the Giants and in Major League Baseball in general. They're listening. (Yalonda M. James/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

The Giants Are Doing All The Little Things Wrong

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Terry Francona’s Next Act: Arizona Hoops Superfan

Kathryn Xu

GLENDALE, ARIZONA - FEBRUARY 21: Dylan Cease #84 of the Chicago White Sox looks on during a spring training workout at Camelback Ranch on February 21, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Dylan Ceases Toiling For The White Sox

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 27: &lt;&gt; during the ninth inning at Dodger Stadium on July 27, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images)

The Dodgers Can’t Buy A Natural Shortstop … Yet

J.D. Davis #7 of the San Francisco Giants singles in the fifth inning against the Colorado Rockies.

The Giants Used A Loophole To Screw Over J.D. Davis

UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1969: Nate Colbert #17 of the San Diego Padres poses for this photograph before an Major League Baseball game circa 1969. Colbert played for the Padres from 1969-74. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Nate Colbert

Let’s Remember Nate Colbert, Padres Legend By Default

A’s Unveil Renderings Of Yet Another Ballpark That Will Never Be Built

Albert Burneko

(Original Caption) New York, NY: Converging arrows show the spot where a prodigious home run blasted by Mickey Mantle landed, during the first game of the Yanks-Senators twin-bill at Yankee Stadium on May 30. The towering shot, traveling 370 feet, struck the facade of the right field roof, just a few feet from going out of the stadium. No one has ever hit a fair ball out of this ball park. Mantle's monumental clout, which hit the stands 118 feet above the ground, came with two men on base and sparked the Yanks to a 4-3 win over Washington.

A Scholarly Discourse On Which Types Of Dingers Are Best

TEMPE, ARIZONA - FEBRUARY 21: Matt Moore #55 of the Los Angeles Angels poses for a portrait during photo day at Tempe Diablo Stadium on February 21, 2024 in Tempe, Arizona.

How To Watch Spring Training Baseball

Patrick Redford

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 18: Michael Rubin attends Michael Rubin's MLBPA x Fanatics party at City Market Social House on July 18, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images)

Michael Rubin Will Never Get The Benefit Of The Doubt With Crummy Sports Apparel

Lauren Theisen

Christy Mathewson head and shoulders portrait photo

How To Throw A Baseball And Live Forever

Shohei Ohtani runs the bases after hitting a home run

Enjoy Shohei Ohtani’s Dodger Highlights While They’re Still Harmless

<p>Jen Ramos Eisen is a Central California- and Las Vegas-based baseball labor and economics reporter.</p>


Jen Ramos Eisen

A cartoon of an outfield wall with an encroaching shadow over the player standing looking at it. It feels dark and desolate. The baseball stadium is empty.

The Life Of An International Minor League Baseball Player Has Never Been Simple

Kelsey McKinney

CINCINNATI, OH - JULY 07: Eugenio Suarez #7 of the Cincinnati Reds throws the ball against the Cleveland Indians in the third inning at Great American Ball Park on July 7, 2019 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The Answer To MLB’s Pants Problem Is Vests

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John Wholestaff

Los Angeles Angels Shohei Ohtani (17) in action, pitching vs San Francisco Giants.

A Pitcher’s View On The Tommy John “Epidemic”

Here are three players showing three different ways to rock the diaper.

Nike And Fanatics’ Innovative MLB Uniforms Leave Baseball Players With Unintentional Diapers

Barry Petchesky

PHOENIX, AZ - OCTOBER 31: Arizona Diamondbacks principal owner Ken Kendrick and president Derrick Hall talk on the field prior to Game 4 of the 2023 World Series between the Texas Rangers and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Tuesday, October 31, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Threats Are No Way To Do Business, Says Diamondbacks Owner Threatening To Move

Anthony Rendon walks away from the plate with a faraway, faintly sad look on his face after striking out against Cleveland in a game in May of 2023.

Anthony Rendon Is Already Feeling Pretty Angels


<p>Richard Staff is a <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardStaff" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">weapons-grade Twitter goblin</a> and hostage of the Mets. That is his real name.</p>


Richard Staff

View from seats on the first-base side of Ebbets Field as the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers opened the 1939 baseball season, Brooklyn, New York, New York, 1939.

The Last Of The Brooklyn Dodgers

Blake Snell #4 of the San Diego Padres pitches in the fourth inning against the Colorado Rockies on September 19, 2023 at Petco Park in San Diego, California.

Nobody’s Buying Blake Snell

Yuki Matsui #1 of the San Diego Padres stands during the daily workout at Peoria Sports Complex on February 12, 2024 in Peoria, Arizona.

Nike And Fanatics Have Truly Fucked Up MLB’s New Uniforms

Newly acquired Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani puts on his jersey for the first time as Chairman of the Los Angeles Dodgers Mark Walter looks on during a press conference on December 14, 2023 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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