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Mookie Betts Isn’t Done Being Baseball’s Best Player

The Los Angeles Dodgers possess such a dazzling amount of star power that it can be easy to take the individual components for granted. Can anyone truly stand out on a roster with multiple former MVPs, a handful of future Hall of Famers and an MLB-high 13 players who’ve been named All-Stars at some point […]

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The Boom-Or-Bust Red Sox Are At It Again

The Boston Red Sox were one of baseball’s great disappointments the past two seasons, going a combined 108-114 in 2019 and 2020 after they won the World Series with a 108-54 record in 2018. While everything went right for Boston in that championship run, a combination of regression and injuries to highly paid stars dragged […]

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The Dodgers’ Legacy May Depend On This Short Season

The impending return of baseball has fans everywhere excited, but it has also set off a series of more specific, if still tentative, celebrations. Yankees fans hope to get their first look at Gerrit Cole, Angels fans at Anthony Rendon and Joe Maddon, everyone else at the sight of the Astros facing opposing pitchers (if […]

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