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A Great Game Ruined

April 17, 2018 by Austin Gisriel

This past Saturday (April 14, 2018) my family and I ventured to FNB Park in Harrisburg, PA for the contest between the home town Senators, the Nationals affiliate in the AA Eastern League, and the Bowie Baysox, an Orioles affiliate. As life-long Baltimore fans, we were eager to see the Baby Birds play, and the game was everything we could ask for. Two... Read more of this article

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Did a Young Robin Yount Almost Quit Baseball for a Career in Professional Golf?

April 9, 2018 by Andrew Martin

Robin Yount forged a 20-year Hall of Fame career with the Milwaukee Brewers as a shortstop and then outfielder. He accumulated over 3000 base hits and won two Most Valuable Player Awards. However, that almost didn’t happen, as he threatened to quit baseball at the age of 22 to go join the PGA as a professional golfer. Yount was a legend in Milwaukee... Read more of this article

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Is it 1924 All Over Again?

April 3, 2018 by Ted Leavengood

For decades the spring dawned in Washington, DC with false hopes that the local nine might have hidden talent. Then, as quickly as you could say “Shirley Povich,” reality was restored by the end of April.  But a new century has created a reality that bends like a pretzel and just when you think you have a firm grasp on space and time, suddenly... Read more of this article

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Chance Sisco’s Violation of One of Baseball’s Dumbest (Unwritten) Rules

April 2, 2018 by Andrew Martin

The 2018 major league baseball season is not even a week old and there is already a strong candidate for the dumbest story of the year. With his team trailing 7-0 in the ninth inning on April 1st, Baltimore Orioles’ rookie catcher Chance Sisco laid down a bunt for a single against a shift employed by the Minnesota Twins to take away holes for his... Read more of this article

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2018 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees’ Highs and Lows

March 26, 2018 by Andrew Martin

The National Baseball Hall of Fame boasts a robust 2018 induction class, with six former players being enshrined. Jack Morris and Alan Trammell, who was tapped by the Veteran’s Committee, and Jim Thome, Chipper Jones, Vlad Guerrero and Trevor Hoffman, who were elected by the writer’s ballot will all have brand spanking new plaques in Cooperstown... Read more of this article

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Revisiting an Interview with Branch Rickey

March 18, 2018 by Andrew Martin

An interview can reveal a lot about its subject as long as the right questions are asked. There is little more fascinating than coming across such sources that had largely disappeared into the ether. One of the most interesting men in baseball history was Branch Rickey, the forward-thinking Hall-of-Fame front office man (he also played and managed),... Read more of this article

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Frank Howard, Bryce Harper, and a Tip of the Hat to That

March 8, 2018 by Ted Leavengood

Frank Howard only played in Washington for seven years after coming over from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1965 trade. Bryce Harper is likely to play only seven seasons as well–the hour glass emptying steadily on what is likely his last in DC. In terms of longevity and in several important statistical categories, there is an eerie similarity... Read more of this article

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Which Former Major League Players Have Become Stars in Korea?

March 4, 2018 by Andrew Martin

Making it to the major leagues is a monumental task that is accomplished by a mere fraction of the players who are lucky enough to have professional careers. Getting there and staying there for any length of time is another matter altogether. For many, opportunity ends up being in other professional leagues. Many know about the success some find in... Read more of this article

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The Forgotten Bash Brother

March 3, 2018 by Brian Handzel

Gary Sanchez is the forgotten or third wheel of the bash brothers. Yesterday’s enormous home run that ended up clearing the scoreboard made fans both of the Yankees and of the rest of the league realize that there is another bash brother in Sanchez. In 177 total games, Sanchez has 53 home runs. Of those 53 home runs, 20 of them came in 2016 when Sanchez... Read more of this article

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Mickey Mantle’s Forgotten Twin Brothers

March 2, 2018 by Andrew Martin

In baseball, it’s rare for a player to be deified to the level of former New York Yankees outfielder Mickey Mantle, who could seemingly do it all on the field. However, few baseball fans are aware that he had two younger twin brothers, Roy and Ray, who also played professional ball, but never reached the same heights as the Mick. Mantle was the... Read more of this article

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