A thank-you note to baseball, and to the team formerly known as Dem Bums.
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Next Year Arrives Early
Tag Archives: Major League Baseball
A Most Valuable Player
Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski was an authentic role model, and his grandson follows his example.
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Striking Out The Pitcher
One of baseball’s most impressive feats may become impossible if the National League adopts the designated hitter.
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The Astros Cheated Me, Too
The 2020 Houston Astros bear the burden of atoning for their predecessors’ sins. They are not off to a very good start.
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Backstory To A Cheating Scandal
Cheating scandals are not a new development in baseball. The latest seems unlikely to go away any time soon.
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Buckner And Yastrzemski
Baseball is a game of glory and ignominy. Just ask any 9-year-old.
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A Young Star Sells His Shine Cheaply
Has the market for baseball stars shrunk as much as a recent deal indicates, or is it a harbinger of a player strike to come?
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A Cuban-American Baseball Breakthrough
Sixty years after baseball fan Fidel Castro took power, a new agreement may open the big leagues to Cuban players.
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David Wright Says Goodbye
As David Wright plays his final game for the New York Mets, he remains a great role model on and off the field.
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Baseball Rewrites Its History
Baseball belatedly recognizes that a parallel universe of stars shone just as bright, far from its own segregated diamonds.
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