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Yesterday The Hardball Times released its annual compendium of analysis, commentary, history, and fiction. I was lucky enough to be […]
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Every year I end on a high note by compiling the best articles I wrote. The following five are the […]
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Manny Machado is on the trade block because the 2018 AL East doesn’t look winnable for the Baltimore Orioles. The […]
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Over at The Hardball Times I looked at whether relievers who are demoted (or promoted) from Year 1 to Year […]
Read moreMy Updated Prediction of Aaron Judge’s 2017 Home Run Total
When I last wrote about Aaron Judge, he’d hit 23 home runs in his first 283 plate appearances. The world […]
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