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• Outside The Confines: No baseball at Tropicana until 2026

Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The damage report for the Rays’ stadium is back, and it’s grim. One of the biggest stories of the offseason isn’t where Juan Soto will sign or which team will land Roki Sasaki, it’s the devastation of Tropicana Field, and whether the Rays would be able to play at home in 2025. The answer is finally known, and in short: No. The...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 13, 2024

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images Could Bobby Witt Jr. lead off? Anne Rogers writes about some leadoff options from outside the organization but then considers an internal option as well. Maybe the Royals do not find the right fit for their leadoff guy this offseason, or the one they do find doesn’t pan out. The obvious internal option, then, is Witt. He’s an ideal leadoff candidate wi...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 12, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Will the Royals make a deal? Craig Brown reacts to rumors the Royals are willing to deal Alec Marsh or Kris Bubic for a bat. I’m also skeptical because I’m not sure either brings back the return that would be desired. Bubic, as noted above, seemed to break out before his injury but by the time he makes another start in the majors, it will be almost two years...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Let the offseason begin!

Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Hot stove is warming! Welcome to the official offseason friends. The World Series is over, the Dodgers have had their celebratory parade (featuring none other than Decoy Ohtani), they might have begun a dynasty era, and the Yankees have started to make major changes ahead of next year. Speaking of the Yankees, Gerrit Cole has opted out of his contrac...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Stayin’ alive!

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Yankees' slump was one for the ages, but they still have a chance. The World Series seems as if it only just started, and now it might just get interesting. Don’t call it a comeback! But do call it a comeback. Lots of experts had all but counted the Yankees out after a 3-0 Series start from the Dodgers. Despite a slumping performance ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 28, 2024

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Will the Royals bring back Michael Lorenzen? David Lesky looks at potential free agent pitching targets for the Royals. Michael Wacha I don’t need to tell you who or what Wacha is. It sure seems like the Royals want him back and he’d like to come back. He’s likely going to opt out of his $16 million player option for 2025, which makes sens...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 12, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 28, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Goodbye to a legend

Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela passes away. A World Series preview and other MLB news. We were all set to celebrate the World Series and the first Yankees/Dodgers Fall Classic since 1981. But first, we have to say goodbye to one of the heroes of that World Series of 43 years ago. The Los Angeles Dodgers mourn the passing of legendary pitcher Fern...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The regular season ends*

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The regular season ends, except for two makeup games today. A look back and a look ahead to the playoffs. Plus other MLB news. So in case you don’t know already or don’t want to click on the links, the Braves and Mets play their two makeup games in Atlanta today. Each team just needs to win one game to make the playoffs. So whoever wins g...2024
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• Outside The Confines: A long, long streak ends

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images But one more keeps going. One incredible streak has finally come to an end, as Padres’ slugger Luis Arraez finally struck out. It took 141 plate appearances to get him. Meanwhile, Shohei Ohtani continues he quest for 50-50 as he gets to 48-48, already in a class by himself. The Mets did something fun for fans, the Royals are good for baseball, and is Mike...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 13, 2024

Bubble! | Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images With The Gauntlet over, just 15 games to go Let’s check in on those playoff odds, shall we? Baseball Prospectus: 92.7% to make playoffs, 3.2% to win division, 1.9% to win World Series Fangraphs: 94.3% to make playoffs, 6.8% to win division, 2.6% to win World Series Baseball-Reference: 94.1% to make playoffs, 3.4% to win division, 6.0% to win ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: A long-awaited debut for Kumar Rocker

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images The player is poised to make history as he prepares to make his debut. Happy Friday, everyone! We’re halfway through September, which means we only have two full weeks of regular season baseball left. There are still some questions about who will slot in for the wild card spots, and some teams who are poised to win their divisions might want to worry a bi...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The big showdown in Philadelphia

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Benches empty in Philadelphia. The White Sox have been dealt a bad hand. The Mets are surging. And other news from around MLB. I don’t want to pick on the White Sox, but it’s mind-blowing to think that they could go on a 79-game winning streak and still be under .500. Of course, there aren’t 79 games left in the season, so it’s kind of a silly way of sa...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Here comes the Judge

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Danny Jansen plays for both teams. Aaron Judge is really good. Juan Soto is getting paid. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. The Cubs are playing a morning game, so I guess that makes it a good morning. On the other hand, it’s Paul Skenes versus Kyle Hendricks, so. . . . As expected, Danny Jansen made history by being the first major leaguer t...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Going for gold

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Major leaguers press to be allowed to compete in the 2028 Olympics. Aaron Judge wants to play, but no one will pitch to him. More on the White Sox and other news from around the league. Good morning. With the 2024 Paris Olympics now over, some people are looking forward to 2028 Los Angeles, where baseball will be a sport again. Jake Mintz looks at the...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 13, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Shohei Ohtani’s surprise wedding

Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports The superstar posted the news to social media. Surprise! Shohei Ohtani has tied the knot, and for someone worth nearly a billion dollars, and a superstar athlete in both his native Japan and his present home of the US, one might expect some high-profile nuptials, but instead Ohtani has kept his wedding relatively quiet. Ohtani has married a woman from Japan ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Baseball is here
Chris Jones-USA TODAY Sports The College Baseball season started over the weekend. Manny Machado announced his decision to opt out of his deal. And more news from around baseball. So we had real live baseball in the US over the weekend. Yes, I know baseball really never ends when you include the winter leagues, but it’s always a sign that the main event is coming when the college kids tak...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Is the MLBPA going to stand up for MiLB?
Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Seems like some interesting changes might be coming. In some late-breaking Sunday news that we will most certainly be hearing a lot more about in the coming week, it appears that a vote is on the way to see how Minor League players feel about having the MLPBA act as their collective bargaining representative. BREAKING: Minor Leaguer...2022
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"JAWS was created by Jay Jaffe (currently at Fangraphs) as a means to measure a player’s Hall of Fame-worthiness."

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"com/IUTU4ij8pV— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) July 28, 2023 Jay Jaffe of FanGraphs quote tweeting the excellent Tipping Pitches podcast: You can't drill a guy with blatant intent and then "who me?"

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"Jay Jaffe shares his Hall-of-Fame ballot."

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"At the top of the program, Jay Jaffe sits down with Fred C."

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"MLB podcast: Dissecting the 2019 Hall of Fame vote with FanGraphs' Jay Jaffe"

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"Over at Fangraphs, Jay Jaffe takes an analytic approach to forecasting a new contract for Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, assuming the three-time Cy Young winner opts out of the remaining two years and $65MM on his current deal after the season."

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"Jon Heyman of MLB Network was among those who reacted to the news of Branca's death: Jay Jaffe of SI."

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"Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal and Yahoo Sports' Jeff Passan wondered why Harvey didn't clear this whole mess up earlier: Andy McCullough of the Kansas City Star was also less than complimentary about how Harvey has handled the past weekend: As Sports Illustrated's Jay Jaffe noted, the plans for Harvey have seemed to change a bit in a relatively quick time frame: CBS Sports' Jon Heyman reported Friday that Boras was expecting the Mets to shut Harvey down after roughly 180 innings this season so as not to work him too hard in his first season back from Tommy John surgery."

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"To that point in the game, the 33-year-old catcher was 3-for-3, which Sports Illustrated's Jay Jaffe read as the strongest indicator as possible that Wainwright didn't have it on Friday: While all of this happened, Kershaw was rolling, retiring St."

• Outside The Confines: No baseball at Tropicana until 2026
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 13, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 12, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Let the offseason begin!
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 28, 2024
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• BCB After Dark: Where did all the home runs go in 2024?

Aaron Judge runs the bases at Wrigley Field after hitting an RBI-double in September | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images Welcome to the first Fantasy Friday open mic at the coffee shop The World Series is on! Welcome to your Friday edition of BCB After Dark, where you’ll get the same low-key hang out and excellent baseball conversation with a bit of a Sanchez twist. As I mentioned yesterday ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Goodbye to a legend
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• Outside The Confines: Juan Soto is going to get PAID

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images The superstar slugger just proved why he’s worth big bucks. The Dodgers took care of the Mets in Game 6 of the NLCS, so they will face the Yankees are facing in the World Series — the first between those two teams in 43 years. Most of today’s links are focused on — you guessed it — the Championship Series and the upcoming World Series. We’ve got a lot of ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Fall Classic

Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images A thrilling ALCS game keeps the Guardians hopes alive. The Dodgers take control of the NLCS. Last night’s American League Championship Series game was good, but I take issue with this: Saw Tom Hamilton leaving the radio booth tonight. ‘You will not ever see a better game than that,’ he said. He’s called a lot of baseball games. Tough to argue with that...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 15, 2024

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images How Cole Ragans became a dude. Jaylon Thompson writes about J.J. Picollo’s end-of-the-year press conference. The Royals are content with their current coaching staff. Quatraro will retain his entire staff and will not look to make any changes. The stability helps the organization chart an offseason course aimed at building upon a competitive roster. “There are ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Stayin’ alive!
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• BCB After Dark: Where did all the home runs go in 2024?
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• Outside The Confines: The regular season ends*
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for September 28, 2024

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images WE’RE SO BACK! In case you missed it, the Royals are playoff-bound! All of that only one year after they won just 56 games as the second-worst team in baseball. The Royals surpassed their entire win total from 2023 with win No. 57 on July 26 at Kauffman Stadium. With it, a plea followed from manager Matt Quatraro and some players: Can we stop talking about last ye...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 13, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: In a club of one

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Shohei Ohtani is constantly making history. Happy Monday, friends (and happy birthday to me!). Hope your weekends were lovely and you’re ready to jump into some news updates. Over the weekend, Shohei Ohtani joined the unique tier of players as the only person to join the 46-46 club (and seems poised to potentially hit the 50-50 club). In other news, some big...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Happy Wednesday!

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images Unless you’re a White Sox fan. Happy Wednesday! We’re unbelievably nearing the end of August already (how?!) and not a single MLB team is anywhere near 100 wins (though one is very close to 100 losses), and the postseason really could be anyone’s game at this point. It’s certainly been an unusual year, and will continue to be so as we head...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Going for gold
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• Outside The Confines: Lost cause

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The White Sox keep losing. A Giant threw a no-hitter. A look down the stretch and other baseball news. Good morning. The White Sox catch a break this week in that they have three games coming up against the Athletics in Oakland. The A’s are the second-worst team in the American League. They’re still 19½ games better than the South Siders. The Chicago ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: It’s a tidal wave of trades

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images The trade deadline looms, and teams are taking advantage The trade deadline is looming this week and competitive teams aren’t afraid to trade prospects for a chance to win this year. All the big news this weekend has been trade-focused for the most part, so without preamble we’re just going to jump into all the big (and small) trade news that came up over...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Juan Soto is going to get PAID
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• Outside The Confines: Is Taylor Swift taking over baseball next?

Photo by Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty Images No, but she did get great seats for the ALCS. The hullaballoo and backlash of Taylor Swift’s presence at Kansas City Chiefs games may now be moving over to baseball. It turns out the pop singer’s famous boyfriend Travis Kelce is a big Cleveland Guardians fan, so the pair headed to the first game of the ALCS to watch the Guardians take on ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Tropicana Field devastated by Hurricane Milton

Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Tampa Bay Rays may need a new stadium sooner than expected. Hurricane Milton, the fifth hurricane this year to make landfall in the US, and following shortly on the heels of Hurricane Helene was always going to be a destructive force in the Tampa Bay area, but in the aftermath of the brutal winds, there was an unexpected victim to the devastation: the ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Wild, Wild Card

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images A manager comes out of a short retirement. Pete Alonso hits a clutch home run to send the Mets to the NLDS. And other news from the Wild Card round. Part of the problem with doing a links post during the postseason is that some of your links can be out of date by the time you post them. Before we get to the games, there was breaking news last night...2024
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• Outside The Confines: So long, Oakland.

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images The A’s said goodbye to their Coliseum home. Thursday afternoon, the Oakland Athletics played their final game in Oakland, and it was the end of an era. The A’s have not always been an Oakland-based team (they started in Philadelphia before heading to Kansas City), but they’ve been in Oakland since 1968. Now, mismanagement and other frustrating motivations w...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Saying goodbye

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images The Oakland A’s are in their final days. The White Sox avoid history for one more day. The Reds fire their manager. And other news around MLB. The White Sox won last night, thanks in large part to the Angels dropping an easy infield fly in the bottom of the eighth. So the White Sox breaking the record of the 1962 Mets will have to wait until another day, and...2024
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• Outside The Confines: 51/51

Photo by Chris Arjoon/Getty Images Shohei Ohtani goes where no ballplayer has gone before. The White Sox rot from the head. A look ahead to the end of the season and the Mariners had some issues. Good morning. This Ohtani fellow is good, but he’s no Babe Ruth. After all, the Babe was a great pitcher too. Now if Ohtani learns to pitch next season, them maybe we can consider him the greates...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 13, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: A long-awaited debut for Kumar Rocker
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• Outside The Confines: In a club of one
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• Matt Harvey Confirms He'll Pitch for Mets in 2015 Playoffs: Comments, Reaction
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• What Is Holding Voters Back from Sending Mike Piazza to Hall of Fame?
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• St. Louis baseball media had some unique takes on Miles Mikolas’ ejection last night
Mikolas tries to explain baseball to umpires | Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Mikolas was ejected for intentionally throwing at Ian Happ. The Cubs and Cardinals have one of the best rivalries in sports and that means every time these two teams come together there is the potential for some seriously entertaining baseball. There is also always the potential for drama. After all, playi...2023
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• Braves Hall of Fame Profile: Andruw Jones

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The greatest defensive center fielder of all time is in his seventh year on the ballot. There are many players throughout baseball history who began their careers on a Hall of Fame path before injuries or a production dropoff caught up with them. Former Atlanta Braves outfielder Andruw Jones may be a special case in that discussion. Jones is regarded by man...2024
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• Alex Rodriguez Passes Barry Bonds for 2nd Place on MLB's All-Time RBI List
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• Pedro Martinez's Dominant Prime Makes Him the Greatest Ever
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• Cubs Hot Streak Sets Stage for Rough Dogfight in NL Wild-Card Race
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• Cardinals vs. Dodgers: Game 1 Score and Twitter Reaction from 2014 MLB Playoffs
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• Outside The Confines: Liar, liar, pants on fire...

Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports MLB’s latest snafu invloves see-through pants. In 2022 we saw tensions between MLB and MLBPA lead to a delayed start to the season. Now, while there isn’t a lockout looming, there are new issues brewing between MLB and its players, as there are mounting complaints about something unexpected... pants. While MLB is adamant there have been no major changes made t...2024
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• St. Louis baseball media had some unique takes on Miles Mikolas’ ejection last night
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• Outside The Confines: Correa returned to sender?
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images The Carlos Correa sweepstakes seem poised to end where they began. Sometimes during the offseason (and I’ve done it here myself), we like to post tweet updates showing the wild and wacky path taken by minor league players bouncing from team to team via DNF and signing. Well, I don’t think anyone expected the wildest ride of free agency...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 13, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 12, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Let the offseason begin!
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• Outside The Confines: Stayin’ alive!
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• BCB After Dark: Where did all the home runs go in 2024?
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• Outside The Confines: Goodbye to a legend
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• Outside The Confines: Juan Soto is going to get PAID
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• Outside The Confines: Fall Classic
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• Outside The Confines: Is Taylor Swift taking over baseball next?
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 15, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: No baseball at Tropicana until 2026
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 12, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Let the offseason begin!
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 13, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: A long-awaited debut for Kumar Rocker
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• Outside The Confines: Lost cause
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• Outside The Confines: The Rickwood Field game brings history to the spotlight

Photo by Russell Kilgore Jr./MLB Photos via Getty Images Baseball remembers Willie Mays and other Negro League legends. The two big stories of the latter half of the week go hand in hand, with the Rickwood Field game happening on Thursday, just after the passing of the iconic Willie Mays late Tuesday. The memory of Mays and also remembering Negro Leagues legends of the past is a huge part ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Don’t bet on it

Ray Acevedo-USA TODAY Sports MLB announces suspensions in a major gambling scandal. A look ahead to the trade deadline. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. If you’re going to get caught doing something stupid that’s going to get you into a lot of trouble, don’t do it for some spare change. Al has already written on this story, but Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano was per...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Them’s the breaks

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The Braves lost their superstar for the season. The Yankees are soaring and the Dodgers are struggling. And other news from MLB and baseball. Good morning. Reigning National League Most Valuable Player Ronald Acuña Jr. is out for the season with a torn ACL in his left knee. He tore his right ACL back in 2021 and missed the rest of that season as well. Dan...2024
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• Outside The Confines: A call-up for the ages?

The arrival of Paul Skenes in Pittsburgh is getting a LOT of attention Two big stories lead the headlines heading into this Friday. The first is obviously the call-up of rookie pitching prospect Paul Skenes, who is poised to start for the Pirates against the Cubs on Saturday. Skenes touches triple-digits and has a five-pitch mix, making him an exciting part of the Pirates’ future and one of the mo...2024
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