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Shohei Ohtani is the Greatest Baseball Player of All Time

No, this is not clickbait. Shohei Ohtani is the most awe-inspiring talent baseball has ever seen, and he’s only getting better. Fresh off of a season in which he had a 2.33 ERA and 34 home runs, and two years after his historic 2021 AL MVP season, Ohtani is having his best season yet. Ohtani […]

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Must-Watch TV

I’m trying to think of all the must-watch players of my lifetime. I’m 45, and my very first baseball memories are of the early to mid-80s Red Sox. Of course, Roger Clemens was the must-watch guy then; 20 win seasons, Cy Youngs, an MVP season, the big, mean stare over the glove, the nickname “Rocket”, […]

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17 for 17; The Giants’ Streak of Opening Day Left Fielders Continues

The left field position has always been a curious one. For some teams, it was a place where their managers would put a good defender, hoping to get a leg up defensively. Other teams would use left field to hide a player who might provide value offensively but not so much defensively, and some teams […]

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Rickey Henderson is One of Baseball’s greatest players…If Not the Best

Rickey Henderson is a one-of-a-kind player. You will never see another player bless the baseball diamond like Rickey did. Rickey was born in Chicago in the back of an Oldsmobile. You could say he was born fast because of it. At an early age, Henderson could bat right-handed but throw left-handed naturally. Growing up playing […]

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