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  • • 2023 MLB Season Preview: Cleveland Guardians
    Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images The Guardians should once again have the best team in the AL Central — a bar so low, Jose Ramirez could probably jump over it. No division winner in baseball finished with fewer wins than the 92 the Cleveland Guardians posted in 2022, and no second-place team finished with fewer wins than the 81 wins the Chicago White Sox managed. That’s the AL Central, fo...2023
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  • • Your 2023 White Sox schedule breakdown!
    Like it or not — it’s baseball season now Hello and Happy New Year, White Sox fans! Well, you made it to the new baseball season. We all made it, actually, as 2022, the Year of Our Lord and Savior Jason Benetti, is finally over and we can all finally let the tepid, unpleasant odor that only the most mid of baseball records can produce blow away in the stiff and formidable Midwestern breeze. And w...2023
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  • • Today in White Sox History: February 9
    The Man of the Fans, Bill Veeck. Bill Veeck greets the world, while One Dog greets the South Side 1914 Future two-time White Sox owner Bill Veeck was born, in Chicago. Baseball’s greatest promoter presided over two of the most exciting seasons in team history, the 1959 pennant winners and 1977’s South Side Hit Men. More vilified than appreciated by baseball’s ruling class, Veeck’s career s...2023
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  • • Even more thoughts about MLB expansion and realignment
    Al Yellon Would you really want the Cubs and White Sox in the same division? You know, I wrote on this topic only a couple of weeks ago and usually I want to let some time go by before doing it again, but after reading this article by Jim Bowden of The Athletic, I thought it was time to weigh in again. Notwithstanding the fact that Bowden had to resign in disgrace as general manager of the...2023
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  • • 2023 MLB Season Preview: Cleveland Guardians
    Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images The Guardians should once again have the best team in the AL Central — a bar so low, Jose Ramirez could probably jump over it. No division winner in baseball finished with fewer wins than the 92 the Cleveland Guardians posted in 2022, and no second-place team finished with fewer wins than the 81 wins the Chicago White Sox managed. That’s the AL Central, fo...2023
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  • • Samardzija makes season debut vs. Angels
    The Giants return to Interleague play Friday with the opener of a three-game series against the Angels. Freshly removed from the disabled list, Jeff Samardzija will try to avoid the injury bug (strained right pectoral) that forced to miss nearly a month of the season. He'll be opposed by left-hander Andrew Heaney....2018
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  • • NL's Pitching Dominance Is Best We've Seen in Long Time
    2016
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  • • Clayton Kershaw vs. Mike Trout Is What Makes MLB Interleague Worth It
    2016
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  • • MLB Opening Day Schedule 2016: Times, Live Stream and Predictions for All Games
    2016
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  • • Will 2016 Spell the End of Major League Baseball's 162-Game Season?
    2016
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  • • Why Johnny Cueto Should Be Blue Jays' No. 1 Target This Offseason
    2015
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  • • Good Guy or Not, David Ortiz Doesn't Belong in the Hall of Fame
    2015
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  • • Breaking Down the Top Destinations for MLB Expansion
    2015
    Check it out Rob Manfred
  • • 2015 MLB All-Star Roster: Complete AL, NL Lineups and Game Schedule
    2015
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Timeline

  • 2023
    "A few more thoughts about MLB expansion, realignment and scheduling"

  • 2022
    "Baseball history unpacked, December 5"

  • 2021
    "Effectively Wild Episode 1790: The Fandom Menace"

  • 2020
    "Report: National League could institute DH as early as 2021"

  • 2019
    "Report: Diamondbacks, Wilmer Flores agree to terms"

  • 2018
    "Samardzija makes season debut vs. Angels"

  • 2017
    "Young's pinch-hit single lifts Sox in 13th"

  • 2016
    "Tonight's game at Yankee Stadium is only the fourth meeting between the former New York rivals since Interleague Play began in 1997."

  • 2015
    "It was the largest shutout in the history of Interleague Play."

  • 2014
    "Scott Miller's Starting 9: Joe Maddon to Conquer Cubs' Managerial Graveyard?"

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  • • 2023 MLB Season Preview: Cleveland Guardians
    Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images The Guardians should once again have the best team in the AL Central — a bar so low, Jose Ramirez could probably jump over it. No division winner in baseball finished with fewer wins than the 92 the Cleveland Guardians posted in 2022, and no second-place team finished with fewer wins than the 81 wins the Chicago White Sox managed. That’s the AL Central, fo...2023
    Read about Cleveland Guardians
  • • Your 2023 White Sox schedule breakdown!
    Like it or not — it’s baseball season now Hello and Happy New Year, White Sox fans! Well, you made it to the new baseball season. We all made it, actually, as 2022, the Year of Our Lord and Savior Jason Benetti, is finally over and we can all finally let the tepid, unpleasant odor that only the most mid of baseball records can produce blow away in the stiff and formidable Midwestern breeze. And w...2023
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  • • Today in White Sox History: February 9
    The Man of the Fans, Bill Veeck. Bill Veeck greets the world, while One Dog greets the South Side 1914 Future two-time White Sox owner Bill Veeck was born, in Chicago. Baseball’s greatest promoter presided over two of the most exciting seasons in team history, the 1959 pennant winners and 1977’s South Side Hit Men. More vilified than appreciated by baseball’s ruling class, Veeck’s career s...2023
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  • • A modest proposal to fix Hall of Fame voting
    Al Yellon This would make enshrining players in Cooperstown more inclusive. One thing I think almost all baseball fans can agree on is that Hall of Fame voting is broken. People say they no longer care about the Hall of Fame, but I believe that’s because the voting process has, over the years, something that doesn’t reflect the reality of baseball in the 21st Century. Before I get to my mo...2023
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, January 16
    Dizzy Dean and Gabby Hartnett | Photo Reproduction by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. Dizzy Dean born, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lo...2023
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  • • Prospect News: 2021 Futures Game Fantasy Preview
    This day should be great for baseball.  I’ve heard some groaning about the MLB amateur draft lining up with All-Star weekend, but I think it’s kind of cool. Might be the first decent marketing move I’ve seen baseball make since Bud Selig and company turned the other way for big Mac during the home run chase.  Might be wise to say here that I don’t care about the All-Star game, or the Hall of Fam...2021
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  • • Report: Diamondbacks, Wilmer Flores agree to terms
    The Diamondbacks are in agreement on a one-year contract with free-agent infielder Wilmer Flores, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN (via Twitter). The contract also contains a club option for a second season. Passan’s colleague, Pedro Gomez, had previously tweeted that the McNamara Baseball Group client was closing in on a deal with an NL West club. The deal is still pending completion of a physical. Fl...2019
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  • • Ichiro Suzuki becomes all-time Interleague Play hit king
    The career of Ichiro Suzuki has had many highlights which will no doubt result in a place in baseball’s Hall of Fame. On Wednesday, he added another. With a hit against the Oakland Athletics, the Miami Marlins outfielder became MLB’s leader in all-time Interleague Play hits. Certainly, it’s worth noting that Interleague Play began in 1997. So, those who played even a decent portion of their career...2017
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  • • World Series Game 3 Betting Preview: Cleveland Indians vs. Chicago Cubs Odds
    2016
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  • • Report: Royals didn't invite Johnny Cueto to White House visit
    Johnny Cueto was only a Royal for a few months. But that doesn’t mean he deserves this kind of shade. Cueto, who won the World Series with Kansas City last year, was not invited by the Royals on their recent trip to the White House despite having both an off day and a desire to attend, according to Alex Pavlovic of CSN Bay Area. The All-Star right-hander was acquired by the Royals at last year’s t...2016
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  • • Your 2023 White Sox schedule breakdown!
    Like it or not — it’s baseball season now Hello and Happy New Year, White Sox fans! Well, you made it to the new baseball season. We all made it, actually, as 2022, the Year of Our Lord and Savior Jason Benetti, is finally over and we can all finally let the tepid, unpleasant odor that only the most mid of baseball records can produce blow away in the stiff and formidable Midwestern breeze. And w...2023
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  • • A modest proposal to fix Hall of Fame voting
    Al Yellon This would make enshrining players in Cooperstown more inclusive. One thing I think almost all baseball fans can agree on is that Hall of Fame voting is broken. People say they no longer care about the Hall of Fame, but I believe that’s because the voting process has, over the years, something that doesn’t reflect the reality of baseball in the 21st Century. Before I get to my mo...2023
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  • • A few more thoughts about MLB expansion, realignment and scheduling
    Douglas DeFelice-USA TODAY Sports It’s gonna happen — but not for a while yet. Some of the comments to my post yesterday about the new balanced MLB schedule turned to the idea of MLB realignment, so I thought I’d address that again here today. The last time I wrote on this topic was last summer, after Commissioner Rob Manfred made some comments about expansion. Manfred had made those comm...2023
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  • • What effects will the new balanced MLB schedule have on play this year?
    Are we going to see more scenes like this at ballparks in 2023 due to the balanced schedule? | Patrick Gorski-USA TODAY Sports In some cases, not much. In others, though... Last week, I came across this interesting article by Mike Petriello at MLB.com. He looks into the possible effects of the upcoming balanced schedule on the postseason. To refresh your memory, starting this year all team...2023
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  • • Today in White Sox History: January 16
    From the very first Crosstown game during interleague play (June 16, 1997), Ray Durham sent a message (in this case, to Rey Sanchez, right, toppled) that the White Sox would continue to dominate the Cubs. | VINCENT LAFORET/AFP via Getty Images Crosstown games become a reality 1996 The executive council of Major League Baseball approved interleague play for the 1997 season; for the first ti...2023
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 1790: The Fandom Menace
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about their holidays, how the omicron variant is affecting sports and personal decisions, and how analyzing COVID case counts is (kind of) akin to analyzing baseball stats, discuss the pace and prominence of signings of former major leaguers by KBO and NPB teams, the results of 2021 interleague play, […]...2021
  • • Ichiro Suzuki becomes all-time Interleague Play hit king
    The career of Ichiro Suzuki has had many highlights which will no doubt result in a place in baseball’s Hall of Fame. On Wednesday, he added another. With a hit against the Oakland Athletics, the Miami Marlins outfielder became MLB’s leader in all-time Interleague Play hits. Certainly, it’s worth noting that Interleague Play began in 1997. So, those who played even a decent portion of their career...2017
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  • • Two decades in, interleague play is as progressive (and important) as ever
    Baseball has always been a game that has lived as much in its legend as it has in its present. As a result, Major League Baseball respects its roots, if you will, more than the other major North American sports leagues combined. Changes to the status quo are immediately aligned with what has long been in place and subject to intense scrutiny that can sometimes undermine the good that could follow,...2017
  • • DYK: The first 20 years of Interleague Play
    After the first 20 seasons of this grand experiment, the preliminary results are in. Here are some things you should know about the first two decades of Interleague play....2017
  • • World Series Game 3 Betting Preview: Cleveland Indians vs. Chicago Cubs Odds
    2016
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  • • 2023 MLB Season Preview: Cleveland Guardians
    2023
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, August 22
    Photo by Kent C. Horner/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. The Mike Quade era begins on this date. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold...2022
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  • • B/R MLB Rivalry Series: New York Mets vs. New York Yankees
    2016
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  • • NL's Pitching Dominance Is Best We've Seen in Long Time
    2016
    Visit the page Senior Circuit
  • • MLB Opening Day Schedule 2016: Times, Live Stream and Predictions for All Games
    2016
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  • • How NL Adding the DH Would Permanently Change Free Agency, Trades
    2016
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  • • World Series 2015: Known Schedule Info, TV Guide and Predictions
    2015
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  • • Adam Wainwright Batting Injury Brings DH-to-NL Debate to New Level
    2015
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  • • Shrinking MLB Strike Zone Is Imperative, but Can It Be Done Without Pain?
    2015
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  • • Claims of Hypocrisy in the Jackie Robinson West Controversy
    2015
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Top Interleague Play news

  • • Cubs hit 4 HRs, score 17 runs to rout Tribe
    The Cubs launched four home runs and rookie Kyle Schwarber collected four hits in his first Major League start, backing a solid outing from lefty Tsuyoshi Wada in a 17-0 rout over the Indians on Wednesday night at Progressive Field. It was the largest shutout in the history of Interleague Play....2015
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  • • Young's pinch-hit single lifts Sox in 13th
    Five innings after erasing a four-run deficit, the Red Sox capitalized on a stellar night from their bullpen by pushing across a two-out run that lifted them to a 5-4, 13-inning win over the Cardinals. St. Louis, which fell to 2-6 in Interleague play, went scoreless in its final 11 innings on Wednesday....2017
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  • • Staked to four-run lead, Cards fall in extras
    Five innings after erasing a four-run deficit, the Red Sox capitalized on a stellar night from their bullpen by pushing across a two-out run that lifted them to a 5-4, 13-inning win over the Cardinals. St. Louis, which fell to 2-6 in Interleague play, went scoreless in its final 11 innings on Wednesday....2017
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  • • Bumgarner, Tanaka duel on MLB.TV
    Madison Bumgarner gets the ball for the first-place Giants tonight in the opener of a three-game Interleague series against the Yankees, who will counter with Masahiro Tanaka. Tonight's game at Yankee Stadium is only the fourth meeting between the former New York rivals since Interleague Play began in 1997....2016
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  • • Jon Lester Sets MLB Record by Starting Career 0-for-58 at the Plate
    2015
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  • • Races add newfound buzz to Subway Series
    There have been wins and losses, impactful games and forgettable ones, dropped pops and bat shards and enough emotion to fill all five boroughs five times over. But never in 19 years of Interleague Play have the Mets and Yankees met amidst the type of circumstances that will populate Citi Field on Friday: mid-September, with October races on fire and players on both sides clawing for the postseaso...2015
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  • • Races add newfound buzz to Subway Series
    There have been wins and losses, impactful games and forgettable ones, dropped pops and bat shards and enough emotion to fill all five boroughs five times over. But never in 19 years of Interleague Play have the Mets and Yankees met amidst the type of circumstances that will populate Citi Field on Friday: mid-September, with October races on fire and players on both sides clawing for the postseaso...2015
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  • • Races add newfound buzz to Subway Series
    There have been wins and losses, impactful games and forgettable ones, dropped pops and bat shards and enough emotion to fill all five boroughs five times over. But never in 19 years of Interleague Play have the Mets and Yankees met amidst the type of circumstances that will populate Citi Field on Friday: mid-September, with October races on fire and players on both sides clawing for the postseaso...2015
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  • • Morneau Becomes 14th Active Player to Homer Against All 30 Teams
    2016
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  • • V-Mart sets mark with 2 pinch-hit HRs in first 2 games
    The Tigers thought they were at a disadvantage by opening their season with Interleague Play in a National League ballpark. But while they lost their designated hitter for two games against the Marlins, they gained a pinch-hitting weapon in Victor Martinez, who became the first player in modern history to hit a pinch-hit home run in each of his team's first two regular-season games....2016
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  • • V-Mart sets mark with 2 pinch-hit HRs in first 2 games
    The Tigers thought they were at a disadvantage by opening their season with Interleague Play in a National League ballpark. But while they lost their designated hitter for two games against the Marlins, they gained a pinch-hitting weapon in Victor Martinez, who became the first player in modern history to hit a pinch-hit home run in each of his team's first two regular-season games....2016
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  • • Buchholz receives letter from MLB about batter’s box violation
    This embed is invalid   " /> NEW YORK — David Ortiz had a good laugh at Clay Buchholz’s disposal Friday.   Buchholz received a letter from Major League Baseball regarding a batter’s box violation in the Boston Red Sox’s Opening Day win over the Philadelphia Phillies. The right-hander apparently stepped out of the batter’s box in his second-inning at-bat, which, according to the league, v...2015
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  • • Cubs To Promote Kyle Schwarber
    The Cubs will promote catcher/outfielder Kyle Schwarber for his first big league action, Jesse Rogers of ESPNChicago.com reports on Twitter. Schwarber is expected to spend six teams as the club’s DH for interleague play, and will thereafter receive his first … ...2015
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  • • Claims of Hypocrisy in the Jackie Robinson West Controversy
    2015
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  • • Daily Fantasy Baseball 2015: MLB DraftKings Strategy, Primer for June 16
    2015
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  • • Daily Fantasy Baseball 2015: Best MLB Position Player Picks for May 3
    2015
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  • • Why Max Scherzer Will Become Even More Dominant in Return to NL
    2015
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Interleague Play schedule, game

  • • 2023 MLB Season Preview: Cleveland Guardians
    2023
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  • • Your 2023 White Sox schedule breakdown!
    2023
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  • • Today in White Sox History: February 9
    2023
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  • • Even more thoughts about MLB expansion and realignment
    2023
    Visit the page White Sox
  • • A few more thoughts about MLB expansion, realignment and scheduling
    2023
    Read about Rob Manfred
  • • What effects will the new balanced MLB schedule have on play this year?
    2023
    Click for news about Mike Petriello
  • • 2022 White Sox: By the Numbers
    Rare Air: It doesn’t seem like it’s possible, but 2,009,356 fans beyond these three showed up at Sox Park in 2022. | Michael Reaves/Getty Images We are in such a hurry to put this season out of our minds, we dove right into some numbers from the season We are in such a hurry to put this season out of our minds, we dove right into some numbers from the 2022 season. Season Record The White ...2022
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  • • Cubs, MLB announce 2023 regular season schedule
    London Stadium as it appeared during the Yankees/Red Sox games there in 2019 | Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images The Cubs and their biggest rivals will play a pair of games in London next June. Two summers ago, the Cubs and Cardinals were supposed to meet in London, England, in mid-June. Then the COVID-19 pandemic happened and upended pretty much everything in life, including the 20...2022
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  • • Prospect News: 2021 Futures Game Fantasy Preview
    2021
    Continue with Bud Selig
  • • Young starters square off as Tigers face Pirates (Aug 08, 2017)
    PITTSBURGH -- The Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates have met in interleague play every season since 2009, but their series are still rare enough that often their starting pitchers are new to the matchup....2017
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Interleague Play rumors, scandals

  • • Races add newfound buzz to Subway Series
    2015
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  • • Races add newfound buzz to Subway Series
    2015
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  • • Races add newfound buzz to Subway Series
    2015
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  • • Shrinking MLB Strike Zone Is Imperative, but Can It Be Done Without Pain?
    2015
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