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Ryan Howard’s Career Is Dead. The Shift Killed It.

It wasn’t too long ago that former Phillies great Ryan Howard was a fixture in MVP discussions, atop league leaderboards and on lists of the game’s most marketable stars. But the slugger’s once-promising career is all but over now, after the Atlanta Braves released him in early May. On the surface, Howard’s fall doesn’t seem […]

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Ryan Howard’s Career Is Dead. The Shift Killed It.

It wasn’t too long ago that former Phillies great Ryan Howard was a fixture in MVP discussions, atop league leaderboards and on lists of the game’s most marketable stars. But the slugger’s once-promising career is all but over now, after the Atlanta Braves released him in early May. On the surface, Howard’s fall doesn’t seem […]

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