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When MLB’s Season Finally Starts, These Are The Guys We Can’t Wait To Watch

With ESPN’s Jeff Passan reporting Wednesday that Major League Baseball plans to send the players association a return-to-play proposal as quickly as next week, MLB’s long-awaited comeback could happen relatively soon. (Perhaps by June, some have speculated.) The structure of play will be different — probably borrowing logistics from leagues that have already resumed play, […]

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Mookie Betts Makes The Dodgers Even More Dominant

The biggest trade of the offseason finally went down Tuesday night, with the Boston Red Sox agreeing to send star outfielder Mookie Betts and starting pitcher David Price to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a complicated three-team deal. With the trade, the two clubs that faced off in the 2018 World Series cemented the different […]

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Um, The Red Sox May Actually Be In Trouble

It’s a bad idea to read too much into any April baseball games, but this week’s two-game sweep at the hands of the archrival New York Yankees appears to have officially sent the Boston Red Sox into a full-blown crisis. The team’s record dipped to 6-13 — tied for the second-worst for a defending champ […]

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