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Ray Ratto
February 6, 2024
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John Fisher’s Wandering Athletics Are Slipping Free Of Reality
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Chris Thompson
February 2, 2024
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John Angelos Got Everything He Wanted
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Chris Thompson
January 31, 2024
MLB
Unanimity Is The Wrong Benchmark For Hall-Of-Fame Angst
283
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Ray Ratto
January 24, 2024
Defector At The Movies
Harold Lloyd Terrifying Babe Ruth With Bad Driving Is Now In The Public Domain
103
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Barry Petchesky
January 3, 2024
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The Dodgers Got Their Man, Again
227
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Chris Thompson
December 22, 2023
MLB
The Giants Have A Problem And It’s Not San Francisco
276
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Ray Ratto
December 14, 2023
MLB
Embracing The Dark Heart Of Shohei Ohtani’s Contract
236
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Kathryn Xu
December 12, 2023
MLB
Shohei Ohtani’s Free Agency Drove The Ball Writers Batty
121
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Ray Ratto
December 11, 2023
MLB
Shohei Ohtani Just Got Super-Duper Paid
288
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David Roth
December 10, 2023
MLB
How Does Juan Soto Keep Getting Traded?
154
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Craig Goldstein
December 8, 2023
MLB
Never Say Aloud The Name Of Shohei Ohtani Or Surely You Will Perish!
215
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Chris Thompson
December 6, 2023
MLB
How Mad Would You Be If Shohei Ohtani Re-Signed In Anaheim?
190
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Ray Ratto
December 5, 2023
MLB
The Mariners Are Making Mariners Moves Again
117
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Kathryn Xu
December 5, 2023
MLB
Yankees Honor Least Evil Fan
268
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Tom Ley
November 30, 2023
MLB
Another Hall Of Fame Ballot, Another Chance To Get It Wrong
171
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Ray Ratto
November 20, 2023
MLB
What Do The Kansas City Royals Know About Shoulders?
35
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David Roth
November 20, 2023
MLB
MLB Approves The Las Vegas A’s
241
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Ray Ratto
November 16, 2023
MLB
Brian Cashman’s Tantrum Has Earned Him Beef With Giancarlo Stanton’s Agent
80
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Tom Ley
November 14, 2023
MLB
White Sox Lose The Broadcaster Who Made Their Games Tolerable
185
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Kathryn Xu
November 9, 2023
MLB
Brian Cashman Has Absolutely Had It Up To Here
69
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Ray Ratto
November 9, 2023
MLB
Managers Matter
156
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Ray Ratto
November 8, 2023
MLB
I Hate The Third Time Through The Order!
105
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Kathryn Xu
November 2, 2023
MLB
The Defector World Series MVP Is The Gink
42
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Lauren Theisen
November 2, 2023
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The Rangers Are The Big-Spending Heroes Of The 2023 Season
157
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Chris Thompson
November 2, 2023
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