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G’head, watch the whole thing. It’s eight minutes, I know, and then you’ll probably spend another eight minutes (hopefully) reading about what I have to say about this, but I’m confident you will not regret it. Also, I have to credit Craig Robinson (@flipflopflying) for tweeting this and bringing it to my attention. He is a great follow if you don’t already. I don’t know anything about…

Post to Facebook Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 1 of 11 2 of 11 3 of 11 4 of 11 5 of 11 6 of 11 7 of 11 8 of 11 9 of 11 10 of 11 11 of 11 Last SlideNext Slide Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price watches from the dugout against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the sixth inning at Great American…

Welcome to today’s daily fantasy post! Remember that you can find our posts on the brand-spanking new DFS home page, as well as the fantasy page. Bookmark those sites now! Let’s get to today’s interesting facts, using DraftKings prices. Five Things to Watch: 1. Here are the three highest projected over/unders, provided by OddsShark… 2. Weather: Keep an eye on rain in the Midwest. Closer to game time, check Twitter for updates. 3….

A standoff on Aug. 10 crystallized the difference for Jackie Bradley Jr. Rick Porcello said something to Chase Headley, apparently an accusation the Yankees third baseman was looking at signs. A punch-less, benches-clearing soiree ensued at Fenway Park. “We’re smaller guys,” Bradley said. “Especially when we, um, our little get-together scrum with the Yankees, we noticed how we were a lot shorter than a majority of their guys.” This is…

Like a lot of the guys gathered at the baseball field at Seventy-First High School on Sunday, Justin Hendrickson could have hung up his glove and cleats a long time ago. But the 33-year-old Hendrickson and the rest of the players in the National Adult Baseball Association of the Carolinas league, just aren’t ready to let those big league dreams go. “Everybody, in the back of their…

Without resorting to hyperbole, I feel comfortable saying that there is no one quite like Ichiro. No other baseball player has racked up 3,000 big league hits after not making their MLB debut until the age of 27 — to say nothing of collecting over 1,200 while playing in the NPB. No one has a fitness regime like Ichiro’s, requiring a highly specialized space age stretching apparatus. And certainly, no one…

American League Central Division White Sox: Had same record after 115 games (55-60) as in 2014 and 2015. #Progress Indians: Prospect Francisco Mejia becomes first minor-leaguer since 1954 with 50-game hitting streak. Royals: With 10 wins in 12 games entering weekend, champs finally showing a pulse. Tigers: Red Sox GM Dave Dombrowski returns to place where Tigers owner said he “didn’t win enough.” Twins: Closer Brandon Kintzler tells himself, “This…

The last thing Julia Medford wants to do right now is to eat or sleep. “If I close my eyes I picture Drew walking through that door,” she said. “It’s hard to sleep or to take care of yourself when you have this much grief. It’s constant.” Julia Medford was fine Wednesday evening when she and her younger brother, Drew, were playing fetch with her dog. “He was so excited…

The most important thing you can possibly remember about baseball’s quest to shorten games is that you don’t matter. If you’re here, reading an article about baseball that you found through conscious, baseball-seeking choices, you’re already in. You’re the base. The odds are great you’re not going to leave over some mild dickering and rule changes. You’re the person on the far end of the political spectrum, whose platform gets…

Whether you want to admit it or not, baseball has a problem. Baseball has become a regional sport. That regional model is financially successful, sure — according to Forbes, 25 of 29 American MLB teams ranked No. 1 on cable in primetime last summer — but it has made the sport as a whole more irrelevant. National TV viewership is down, and it’s not because of cable cutting. People care…

For those who are unfamiliar with my thought process, I aim to add as many home run hitters as possible to my daily fantasy baseball lineups. One way of doing that is to look at a player’s isolated power numbers (ISO). The ISO statistic removes singles and provides a larger weight for each extra-base hit. I also use the weighted on-base average (wOBA) metric. This stat takes every positive outcome into consideration. Last year,…

Brandon Todd reports. Posted:Aug 18 2016 09:35PM CDT Updated:Aug 18 2016 09:39PM CDT Community mourns loss of Paschal HS recent grad, incoming TCU baseball player \n \n News Community mourns loss of Paschal HS recent grad, incoming TCU baseball player The R.L. Paschal High School community is mourning the death of a recent graduate. The R.L. Paschal High School community is mourning the death of a recent graduate. Drew Medford…

We’re just over two weeks removed from the deadline-day trade that sent Carlos Beltran from the Yankees to the Rangers. In the time since, he’s adjusted to his new surroundings, hitting .315/.351/.500 with two home runs. Beltran has taken a liking to his new haunt in other ways, too — like preferring the vibes in Texas to those in New York. Here’s what he told KESN-FM about the difference between…

In late August, when the sky becomes perceptibly darker at the start of night games, all true baseball fans begin to think about the approaching end of the season. This year, my annual regret is deepened by worry about the future of a sport that is hardly “just like life,” as some sentimentalists like to say. What could be further from the way we live now, in a culture of…

We’re just over two weeks removed from the deadline-day trade that sent Carlos Beltran from the Yankees to the Rangers. In the time since, he’s adjusted to his new surroundings, hitting .315/.351/.500 with two home runs. Beltran has taken a liking to his new haunt in other ways, too — like preferring the vibes in Texas to those in New York. Here’s what he told KESN-FM about the difference between…

The best stories in baseball are easy to find and easier to write about. Jose Altuve is a marvel, and I want to write about him again right now, tomorrow, and the day after that. Steven Wright is keeping the distinguished history of the knuckleball alive, reminding us that baseball is so much stranger than every other sport. And Edwin Diaz’s slider will keep us dry when the oceans rise…

Listen, we know it’s tough to catch up on everything happening in the baseball world each morning. There are all kinds of stories, rumors, game coverage and Vines of dudes getting hit in the beans every day. Trying to find all of it while on your way to work or sitting at your desk just isn’t easy. It’s okay, though, we’re going to do the heavy lifting for you each…

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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment ESPN’s Buster Olney is on vacation this week, but he’s still compiling roundups. View Wednesday’s roundup here. Baseball is the greatest game in the world. If you need proof, look no further than the fact that baseball, like no other sport, has an amazing capacity to spark genuine and even heated debate. Baseball fans and media like nothing more than to talk about what…

Astros second baseman Jose Altuve has long since ceased being merely a diminutive novelty act. He was always far more than that, of course, but now Altuve is rightly known as being plainly one of the best baseball players on the planet. This season, he may be on his way to the AL MVP award, as he’s presently leading the majors with an OPS+ of 173 while manning an up-the-middle…