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Every Day Interleague Play Creates Bucket List MLB Schedule

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Interleague, MLB on April 29, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Do you know where the next interleague game is? With the new balanced alignment, teams from the American and National leagues have been squaring off on a nightly basis, making it difficult to keep track of these daily showdowns between interleague combatants. The next game could be coming to a ballpark near you. To help […]

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Robinson and Rickey Are Stars of 42, but MLB Needs to Honor Era’s Forgotten Heroes

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Negro Leagues, Yankees on April 11, 2013 | 1 Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) After much anticipation, tomorrow marks the broad release of 42, Warner Brothers’ biopic about baseball legend Jackie Robinson. However, based on the trailers, it seems as if the movie pays equal tribute to Branch Rickey, the Brooklyn Dodgers’ GM who selected Robinson to break the sport’s color […]

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Kansas City Royals Look to Carry Spring Hope into Regular Season

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Spring Training, tagged on March 31, 2013 | 1 Comment »

Last year, the Toronto Blue Jays were the toast of Spring Training, compiling a 24-7 record that ranked as the second best in a non-labor shortened exhibition season since 1984. This spring, the Royals did them one better, ending the pre-season with a 25-7 mark that has optimism on the rise in Kansas City. If […]

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Stanton Stands Alone in Marlins Lineup; Lack of Power in Miami Could Help Slugger Make History

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, tagged on March 30, 2013 | 3 Comments »

Giancarlo Stanton is a rising young star, but among his teammates in Miami, the right fielder is a man among boys. The disparity between Stanton and his mates is so great that some have suggested the slugger could out homer the rest of the Marlins’ offense. That might sound like an exaggeration, but in 2012, […]

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Changes Needed After USA Loss, but Baseball Is the Big Winner in WBC

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, International, MLB, WBC on March 16, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) The World Baseball Classic is moving on to San Francisco, but Team USA won’t be along for the ride. Following a 4-3 loss to Puerto Rico, the Americans are headed back to their spring training camps in Florida and Arizona, while baseball fans from sea to shining sea try to make […]

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Building the Worst Lineup in Yankees History

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees on February 26, 2013 | 2 Comments »

At Pinstriped Bible, I recently took a look at a “worst case” projection for the 2013 Yankees’ lineup and compared it some of the more futile Bronx Bomber offenses of the past. However, I thought it might be fun to take the historical exercise one step further by building one of the weakest hypothetical lineups […]

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It Happens Every Spring: A 112-Year Retrospective of Yankees Spring Training

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Spring Training, Yankee History, Yankees on February 12, 2013 | 2 Comments »

(This post was originally published on February 16, 2011) For 17 years, Tampa has been the Yankees’ spring training home, but it still seems like just yesterday when the team’s camp was located down the coast in Ft. Lauderdale. I am sure most fans who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s still reflexively hearken […]

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