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Year One for ABS Challenges
Read story →: Year One for ABS ChallengesMajor Leaguers made over 10,000 ABS challenges in this first year of its use. It was a little rocky in the beginning, but by the time the postseason rolled around, players were getting the most from their latest tool.
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Grand slam report
Saturday’s grand slam by Red Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski (the 8th of his career and the Red Sox’ first of 2014) got me thinking about these grandest and rarest of home runs. Since 2000 through April 25, 2014 there have been 71,540 home…
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This year’s challenges
Update: No sooner was this posted, than Manager Farrell had his first challenge of 2014 upheld. It came on Saturday, April 26 vs the Blue Jays. The changes to the rules in Major League Baseball this season have been controversial…
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Where we stand: 13 games in
Casual fans (and significant others of avid ones like us) tend to remind us it’s so early in the season that it’s hardly worth fretting about our team’s performance here in mid-April. And to some extent, they’re right. Teams go…
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The Last Great Call
Jayson Stark of ESPN.com has a written a terrific long read about the end of World Series Game 3, the game that ended with that now-famous obstruction call that gave the Cardinals the win. It was just the 2nd game…
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Ortiz contract keeps him focused on his health
RSNStats, for one, is glad our long national nightmare is over. David Ortiz has a contract extension and options that will, as Owner Henry says, gives us all “near certainty that David Ortiz will finish his career in a Red…
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Going over the ground rules
As we get closer to the start of the regular season it’s a good time to refamiliarize ourselves with the ground rules. There are so-called “universal ground rules,” such as a ball on the top step (or lip) of the dugout…
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Capuano as the smart move
ESPN connects new Red Sox pitcher (and Massachusetts native) Chris Capuano to the club’s other intellectual reliever, Craig Breslow. Breslow, as has been reported ad infinitum, is a graduate of Yale with a major in biochemistry and biophysics. Capuano got his…
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Dempster surprise
Unlike Derek Jeter’s announcement that 2014 will be his last MLB season, Ryan Dempster‘s announcement that he’ll skip 2014 really was a surprise. Dempster stepped aside this weekend, though didn’t quite retire, saying, “I don’t feel like I can compete or…