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Greg Litton: Baseball’s Mr. Versatile

September 14, 2018 by Andrew Martin

When discussing baseball prospects, versatility is not a skill that rises to the top. People want to know how fast someone can throw or how much powers they have more than whether they can do a lot of little things. However, this ability has served some players well and allowed them to have productive careers in the major leagues. A great example of... Read more of this article

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Cuba Ball Fundraiser

September 8, 2018 by Kit Krieger

Kit and Bob Krieger are Cubaballistas. The designation is reserved for those intrepid travelers and baseball aficionados who have visited Cuba on one of the 18 annual baseball tours organized by the Krieger brothers since 2001. Tour participants attend games of the Cuban National Series, whose graduates include Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez, Jose... Read more of this article

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Has Harper Been a Divider or a Uniter?

September 6, 2018 by Ted Leavengood

Bryce Harper carves a path in the world of baseball like a comic book hero laying waste to bad guys. That is the way many fans see him; the way many depict him. The real world, one with which Harper has only nodding acquaintance, is more nuanced. The Harper era in Washington, DC is likely drawing to a close and it is already inviting analysis, largely... Read more of this article

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Joe Grahe: Baseball’s Comeback Kid

September 5, 2018 by Andrew Martin

Former pitcher Joe Grahe saw extreme highs and lows during his professional baseball career that are seldom experienced by the same player. For better or for worse they helped shape his seven-year major league career, which as it turned out was a complete success. The right-handed Grahe was taken in the second round of the 1989 draft by the California... Read more of this article

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Two Lumbering Oafs

August 29, 2018 by Doug Gladstone

I don’t know much about the process of turning wood into bats. I know the best bats are made from maple, ash or birch, but that’s about all I know; I certainly didn’t get good wood on the ball growing up. That was painfully obvious when I played Little League baseball more than 50 years ago. But 78-year-old Tom Metcalf, the owner... Read more of this article

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Clark’s Boner

August 16, 2018 by Doug Gladstone

Next month, on September 23, is the 110th anniversary of one of the most famous games in baseball history. Known as “Merkle’s Boner,” the contest pitted the Chicago Cubs against the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds in New York City. As an estimated 40,000 fans watched, rookie Fred Merkle failed to run to second after what should have been... Read more of this article

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Why the Nationals’ Bullpen Sucks

August 14, 2018 by Ted Leavengood

It is an oft told story: the implosion of the Washington Nationals reliever corps. It is happening now, and it has happened oh so many times that the success stories stand out starkly from the failures because there have been so few of them. Whether it is the failures of Drew Storen in the playoffs in 2012 and 2014 or the more recent plague of ineffectiveness,... Read more of this article

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Projecting the 2018 MLB MVP and Cy Young Award Winners

August 9, 2018 by Andrew Martin

Each Major League Baseball team still has over 40 games left to play in the regular season, as the playoff race is starting to truly take shape. Even though a lot can happen during that roughly quarter of the season, let’s take a look at my picks (at this point in the season) for some of the major end of the season awards. American League MVP- Mookie... Read more of this article

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The Best Team Usually Wins

August 8, 2018 by Ted Leavengood

One of the bigger surprises in the 2018 season has been the impotence of the Washington Nationals. But that is why they play the games, why paper comparisons in March of this year failed to see how quickly the Atlanta Braves young team would gel with its veterans, or how Aaron Nola and Jake Arrieta would out pitch Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg. The... Read more of this article

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All Hail Max Scherzer, the Clear-Cut Best Pitcher in Baseball

August 1, 2018 by Andrew Martin

Although star baseball players are covered endlessly in social media and the press, it is possible that the greatest of the great are occasionally not given their full due. Pitcher Max Scherzer seems to be in that category. Recognized as one of the best pitchers in baseball, the truth at this time is that he IS the best pitcher in baseball and is well... Read more of this article

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