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The Chicago Cubs Are Baseball’s Best Smelling Team – Wall Street Journal
In their quest to win their first World Series since 1908, the Chicago Cubs once brought in a Greek orthodox priest to spray their dugout with holy water. It didn’t work. This year, Cubs relief pitcher Hector Rondon is appealing to a supernatural power with something more potent: Sexual Paris by Michel Germain. Moments before the start of…
Baseball’s Champagne Parties Need to Chill – Wall Street Journal
Look: You know I am not in the habit of discouraging the responsible consumption of alcohol. Especially during this presidential election cycle. But baseball’s champagne celebrations have gotten absurd—and need to be chilled. It’s not the idea of a champagne celebration, which I happily endorse, though I suggest taking it easy, because champagne hangovers are the pits. It’s the frequency. Baseball totally overdoes it on the…
Baseball, Bias and Decision-Making – Knowledge@Wharton
Bias is inherent in decision-making because human beings, despite their best efforts, will always bring their point of view into the game. That’s certainly the case with baseball umpires. Research by Etan Green, a Wharton professor of operations, information and decisions, shows how umpires adjust their calls based on what information they think they know when a play is in motion. The research, “What Does it Take to Call a…
Baseball’s Champagne Parties Need to Chill – Wall Street Journal
Look: You know I am not in the habit of discouraging the responsible consumption of alcohol. Especially during this presidential election cycle. But baseball’s champagne celebrations have gotten absurd—and need to be chilled. It’s not the idea of a champagne celebration, which I happily endorse, though I suggest taking it easy, because champagne hangovers are the pits. It’s the frequency. Baseball totally overdoes it on the…
$5 Million Of Memorabilia From Baseball’s Golden Age On The Auction Block At Christie’s – Forbes
Baseball’s Champagne Parties Need to Chill – Wall Street Journal
Look: You know I am not in the habit of discouraging the responsible consumption of alcohol. Especially during this presidential election cycle. But baseball’s champagne celebrations have gotten absurd—and need to be chilled. It’s not the idea of a champagne celebration, which I happily endorse, though I suggest taking it easy, because champagne hangovers are the pits. It’s the frequency. Baseball totally overdoes it on the…
$5 Million Of Memorabilia From Baseball’s Golden Age On The Auction Block At Christie’s – Forbes
Tim Tebow Prays Over Fan Having a Seizure After Arizona Fall League Baseball Debut: ‘It Was a Miracle Moment’ – Us Weekly
Bigger than baseball. After playing his first game for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League on Tuesday, October 11, Tim Tebow helped a fan who collapsed in the crowd. PHOTOS: Celebrities Dating Athletes As Tebow, 29, signed autographs at University of Phoenix stadium, he saw a man, Brandon Berry, who was having a seizure. According to local news station KNXV, the former NFL star ran to Berry’s side…
Baseball’s Champagne Parties Need to Chill – Wall Street Journal
Look: You know I am not in the habit of discouraging the responsible consumption of alcohol. Especially during this presidential election cycle. But baseball’s champagne celebrations have gotten absurd—and need to be chilled. It’s not the idea of a champagne celebration, which I happily endorse, though I suggest taking it easy, because champagne hangovers are the pits. It’s the frequency. Baseball totally overdoes it on the…
Tim Tebow Prays Over Fan Having a Seizure After Arizona Fall League Baseball Debut: ‘It Was a Miracle Moment’ – Us Weekly
Bigger than baseball. After playing his first game for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League on Tuesday, October 11, Tim Tebow helped a fan who collapsed in the crowd. PHOTOS: Celebrities Dating Athletes As Tebow, 29, signed autographs at University of Phoenix stadium, he saw a man, Brandon Berry, who was having a seizure. According to local news station KNXV, the former NFL star ran to Berry’s side…
$5 Million Of Memorabilia From Baseball’s Golden Age On The Auction Block At Christie’s – Forbes
Tim Tebow Prays Over Fan Having a Seizure After Arizona Fall League Baseball Debut: ‘It Was a Miracle Moment’ – Us Weekly
Bigger than baseball. After playing his first game for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League on Tuesday, October 11, Tim Tebow helped a fan who collapsed in the crowd. PHOTOS: Celebrities Dating Athletes As Tebow, 29, signed autographs at University of Phoenix stadium, he saw a man, Brandon Berry, who was having a seizure. According to local news station KNXV, the former NFL star ran to Berry’s side…
$5 Million Of Memorabilia From Baseball’s Golden Age On The Auction Block At Christie’s – Forbes
Fantasy Baseball: Early outfield rankings for 2017 – CBSSports.com
Early 2016 rankings: 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | C You can never have too many outfielders, right? Most every league requires you to start at least three, with some requiring as many as five. The purpose, of course, is to emulate real life. Every major-league team starts three outfielders, which naturally makes it a deeper position, and proportionally, it tends to be deeper as well. You’d rather…
Tim Tebow Prays Over Fan Having a Seizure After Arizona Fall League Baseball Debut: ‘It Was a Miracle Moment’ – Us Weekly
Bigger than baseball. After playing his first game for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League on Tuesday, October 11, Tim Tebow helped a fan who collapsed in the crowd. PHOTOS: Celebrities Dating Athletes As Tebow, 29, signed autographs at University of Phoenix stadium, he saw a man, Brandon Berry, who was having a seizure. According to local news station KNXV, the former NFL star ran to Berry’s side…
$5 Million Of Memorabilia From Baseball’s Golden Age On The Auction Block At Christie’s – Forbes
Joe Maddon Makes Most of Unconventional Moves – New York Times
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Baseball tracker pitched at aspirational amateurs – New Atlas
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This Rare Ty Cobb Baseball Card Was Found in a Paper Bag – Fox Business
An extremely rare find of Ty Cobb baseball cards headlines a large collection of memorabilia that’s expected to fetch around $5 million in an online auction. Continue Reading Below The legend of the Cobb collection, known as the “Lucky 7 Find,” began earlier this year. A family in a rural town in the South was sifting through their great-grandparents’ possessions, and what they discovered turned out to be one…
Tim Tebow crashes into wall, helps ‘heal’ fan after seizure in Arizona Fall League debut – Washington Post
Tim Tebow warms up before his first practice in the Arizona Fall League. (Rick Scuteri/AP) The Scottsdale Scorpions got their first real-game taste of Tebowmania Tuesday, and they darn near got the total package. The 29-year-old former quarterback, now a Mets prospect making his Arizona Fall League debut, got his first real-game taste of the outfield wall with a memorable face-plant while chasing a hard-hit ball. Oh, and he also laid his hands on…