When Commissioner Bud Selig retired and current Commissioner Rob Manfred took over for him, I knew there was going to be problems. I had seen Manfred speak and knew of his past record. There’s a huge difference between Selig and Manfred. Selig was a former owner, responsible for bringing baseball
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Sports betting is now legal in many states around the country, and customers can even bet on their favorite baseball teams online. Online wagering has opened a world of possibilities and a new economy. People can play at online casinos, bet on sports, and use services like the PA Lottery app
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If the 2020 Major League Baseball season ever does get underway it will be a shortened season due to the Coronavirus pandemic. While owners and players continue to haggle and fight over how to pay the players and how to divide the money, it seems likely that the 2020 MLB
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We are living in uncertain and troubling times, and baseball has always been something that unites us and brings people together. It may seem trivial to talk about baseball right now with everything going on across the country. However we all know the way Baseball and sports for that matter
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That's the question MLBTR posits in their ongoing mock expansion drafts. Right now they are making lists of 15 protected players for all 30 clubs. With no Baseball on the horizon right now, it can't hurt to slip into a little fantasy. Our list of protected players might be a
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Dodger's pitcher Ross Stripling on being prepared for a shortened season. I think he's ready to go.
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If there is one man who deserves a contract extension more than any other Dodger, it is Justin Turner. Yet here we are and the red headed man still does not have one. According to an interesting article from MLBTR, Turner has yet to even have discussions with Dodger brass
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Remember that Zoom Party the Dodgers did a few weeks ago? Well they did another one. I was busy with work so I wasn't available to check it out. It can't make up for missing Dodger baseball, but at least you can see Clayton Kershaw, and a few of the
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Are you desperate for baseball? I know I am. Now we can actually watch live professional baseball although without spectators in the stands. ESPN has reached agreement with the KBO and Korean media group Eclat to begin televising live games. The KBO is opening their season tomorrow and ESPN has
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It scared everyone when the news reported that Vin Scully had fallen in his home and had to be hospitalized. Thankfully he was ok and was released from the hospital, returning to his home to rest and recover. Mr. Scully released a statement, thanking the first responders and assuring everyone
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With a global Pandemic on our hands and a crumbling economy things are as bad as they can get right now. But you know what would make things a hell of a lot worse? Something bad happening to Vin Scully. We don't need anything like that happening right now. The
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I'm really missing missing Dodger Baseball right now and I know you are too. There's nothing we can do but wait until the shelter at home orders are lifted, the Coronavirus Pandemic is over and it's safe to resume playing baseball. We don't know when or if that will happen.
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That's the question MLBTR asks in their latest Dodger related article. If there is baseball this year, it could be Pederson's last with the Dodgers. I've always liked Joc Pederson. He ascended quickly through the minors, making his big league debut back in 2014. At the time he was a
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With Dodger baseball on indefinite hiatus, it’s tough to find topics to write about. There are no games going on so what’s a writer to do? Most sites are doing simulations, or looking back on past games and remembering old players. There was recently an article published outlining and grading
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The entire sports world has been held hostage by the Coronavirus. Every sport is on hold until further notice. Some may not come back this year, while others are preparing to play shortened or abbreviated seasons. We still don’t know when or if sports, including baseball will return in 2020.
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I was 11 years old and baseball-obsessed when the Dodgers won the 1981 World Series. The late 70's had been difficult: we made the Big Dance in 1977 and 1978, but lost to the Yankees both times. Particularly excruciating was Game 6 in '77, when Reggie Jackson hit three home
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