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Former MLB Players Impressed By Stuffed Cookie Monster Taped To A Drone: “Amazing Technology”
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Dan McQuade
November 1, 2023
MLB
Ryne Nelson Was An Excellent Janitor
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Lauren Theisen
November 1, 2023
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We Were Spared A Double Bullpen Game But Little Else
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Ray Ratto
November 1, 2023
MLB
Frank Howard Was The Only Senator Who Mattered
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Dave McKenna
October 31, 2023
This Is So Stupid
Longtime Haters Of The Colorado Rockies Are Real Quiet Right Now
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Tom Ley
October 31, 2023
MLB
The Diamondbacks Took The Rangers Back In Time For A Beating
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Tom Ley
October 29, 2023
MLB
Let’s Rub It In Some More: Polling Our Miserable Philadelphians About The World Series
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Ray Ratto
October 27, 2023
Podcasts
Giving Home Plate The Business, With Emma Baccellieri
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David Roth
October 26, 2023
MLB
When You Avoid Rock Bottom, You Don’t Have As Far To Climb
117
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David Roth
October 25, 2023
MLB
Corbin Carroll’s Small Ball Came Up Big
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Lauren Theisen
October 25, 2023
MLB
The Diamondbacks Ginked Their Way To The World Series
156
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Ray Ratto
October 25, 2023
MLB
How Do You Cope?
277
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Dan McQuade
October 25, 2023
MLB
Adolis Garcia Is The Engine
221
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Ray Ratto
October 24, 2023
MLB
It’s On Max Scherzer, Again
105
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Lauren Theisen
October 23, 2023
MLB
How Baseball Became Brazilian
41
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Andre Kobayashi Deckrow
October 23, 2023
MLB
José Leclerc Stepped Away From The Void
77
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Tom Ley
October 23, 2023
MLB
Never Make Zac Gallen Face Kyle Schwarber And Bryce Harper In The Same Inning Ever Again
70
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Albert Burneko
October 22, 2023
MLB
More Like Min Scherzer
134
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Albert Burneko
October 19, 2023
MLB
This Is How A Team Pleads For Mercy
139
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Lauren Theisen
October 18, 2023
MLB
Go D-Backs And Go Astros Because, Well, What Else Is There To Do?
261
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Ray Ratto
October 18, 2023
MLB
A’s Reliever Trevor May Retires, Tells Owner To “Take Mommy And Daddy’s Money Somewhere Else”
129
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Tom Ley
October 17, 2023
MLB
That’s More Like The Marlins We All Know And Ignore
128
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Ray Ratto
October 17, 2023
MLB
Jordan Montgomery Won The First Three Rounds Against Yordan Álvarez
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Lauren Theisen
October 16, 2023
MLB
Nothing Is Promised, Even For The Orioles
116
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David Roth
October 13, 2023
MLB
100 Wins Doesn’t Buy What It Used To
158
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Ray Ratto
October 13, 2023
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