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• 3 WNBA teams have surpassed expectations this season (so far)

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images The Atlanta Dream, Golden State Valkyries, and Washington Mystics are all better than (most) expected). It’s no shock that last year’s WNBA Finals teams — the Minnesota Lynx and New York Liberty — are once again having dominant seasons. At 12-1, the Lynx have been the best team in the league, and the Liberty (10-3) are shortly behind them. The Phoenix M...2025
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• This Week in Purple: Hot N Cold

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for June 21-22, 2025 The weekend is a great time to kick back and reflect. This Week in Purple is the place to catch up on the news from our team at Purple Row. You’ll find links to Rockpiles and other content below as well as a platform for community discussion in the comments. ★ ★ ★ The Colorado Rockies record...2025
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• Washington Mystics standouts available for game against Indiana Fever

Photo by Jess Rapfogel for The Washington Post via Getty Images Shakira Austin and Aaliyah Edwards have both missed substantial time with injury, but are available on Wednesday. Shakira Austin returns from a week-long absence for Wednesday’s match-up between the Washington Mystics and Indiana Fever. Aaliayh Edwards, meanwhile, plays in a second consecutive game after missing preseason and...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 24, 2025

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Maikel Garcia is making adjustments. Jac Caglianone hit his first spring training home run on Sunday. “That was loud,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “And it didn’t look like a huge effort on his part, either. We know he’s got huge pop, but to be able to put that good of a swing on the ball in a game like that, close game, controlling his emotions like that...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Monfort’s ‘best defense’ or just a better defense for the Rockies in 2025?

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, February 14, 2025 On several occasions, the Rockies have been known to misjudge reality. From Dick Monfort saying the 2023 Rockies could be a .500 team to giving Kris Bryant a 7-year, $182 million deal in 2022 to failing to re-sign DJ LeMahieu and inking Daniel Murphy for the same price the Yankees gave LeMahi...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: The Rockies need more improvement at four specific positions

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, January 22, 2025 The Colorado Rockies have been in a difficult situation since their back-to-back playoff seasons. It’s no mystery that dysfunction behind the scenes and an overall lack of robust talent at the big league level has left them comfortably at the bottom of the league’s stan...2025
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• What if the Braves stand pat heading into the regular season?

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images There’s a non-zero chance that the way the Braves look right now is the way they’re going to look once this thing gets rockin’-and-rollin’ again in late-March. So here we are, folks: It’s January and the biggest move of the offseason for the Atlanta Braves has been the one where they stick their hand up and wave “bye-bye” to to a bunc...2025
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• Here are two pitchers non-tendered last week who the Cubs should consider signing

Kyle Finnegan: Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images. Jordan Romano: Greg Fiume/Getty Images. Photo montage: Mike Bojanowski One or both of these guys could really help the Cubs bullpen. Here’s the entire list of MLB players who were non-tendered last week. There are more than 60 of them. Many of them, including Cubs righthander Adbert Alzolay, were injured and not likely to play in 2025. It’s still ...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: How will arbitration pan out of the Rockies?

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Earlier this week we learned the fact that the Colorado Rockies will likely cut payroll a bit for the 2025 season. While that news isn’t surprising, the way the team will go about accomplishing that goal is always of interest to me as someone who loves the process of roster construction. Aft...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 43, Nolan Jones

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Injuries and underperformance defined a disappointing season, but lessons were learned Welcome to the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 1, 2024

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Today. Jaylon Thompson writes why the Royals are giving Cole Ragans the Game 1 start today. The organization trusts Ragans in the key role. And Ragans is prepared to take the baseball in perhaps the biggest game of the season. “It makes you feel good that they have that faith in you,” Ragans said. “It’s just, build off of it. They trust me, so it’s (pu...2024
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• Game One Hundred and Fifty-Eight: Kansas City Royals at Washington Nationals

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images I hope this is not the last game I cover this season. The Kansas City people in a monarchy will take on the Washington people from a nation this evening at Nationals Park in the second game of this three-game set. Kansas City snapped an L7 last night thanks to the zombie runner rule strong performances from the lefties on the pitching staff. They will no...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 24, 2025
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• Being the fan of a contending team is nauseating and I love it

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images The highs and lows of the pennant push. You can forgive Royals fans for not remembering how this works. It has been seven years since the Royals were in contention through the second half of the season. But even in 2016 and 2017, when the Royals crashed in September and were eliminated in the final week of the season, there was a post-championship afterg...2024
• Orioles 9, White Sox 0: Nothing to see here

White Sox baseball is bad. Joan Jett is not. | Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images I love rock ’n roll but despise South Side baseball The most exciting thing about this game is that Joan Jett was in the house! The “I Love Rock ’n Roll” superstar is a big-time Baltimore Orioles fan. If she isn’t seriously the most adorable baseball fan. Don’t mind me why I fangirl. Joan Jett is a real one, ...2023
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• Washington Mystics standouts available for game against Indiana Fever
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 24, 2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Monfort’s ‘best defense’ or just a better defense for the Rockies in 2025?
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats win MLB Draft Lottery, pick No. 1 overall + Winter Meetings update...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ goals at the 2024 MLB Winter Meetings... NATIONALS WIN DRAFT LOTTERY; NO. 1 OVERALL PICK: For the first time since 2010 when they selected Bryce Harper No. 1 overall the year after taking Stephen Strasburg at No. 1 in ‘09, Washington’s Nationals have the top pick in the draft after they won the MLB Draft Lottery last night at the Winter Meetings in Dallas, TX. It...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Can I interest you in a former Nat?

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if the Cubs should continue to pursue free-agent right-hander Kyle Finnegan. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the coolest spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad you decided to stop by. Come on in out of the cold. There’s no cover charge this evening....2024
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• Here are two pitchers non-tendered last week who the Cubs should consider signing
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• Royals acquire Jonathan India and Joey Wiemer for Brady Singer

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images The Royals make their first big trade this winter. The Royals announced they have acquired infielder Jonathan India and outfielder Joey Wiemer from the Cincinnati Reds for pitcher Brady Singer. Rumors about this deal have been percolating for a week now, here’s what we wrote when they first surfaced. India and Singer were teammates at the University of ...2024
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• NFL betting advice: Eagles-Commanders pick and Week 11 props

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Are you going to gamble on the game? Steve Maltepes, known as “The Philly Godfather,” will impart his gambling wisdom on the Eagles and where the smart money is going on various pro football games each weekend this season. Maltepes is one of the nation’s hottest sports betting experts who appears weekly on national radio and has his own website, www.the...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Which Colorado Rockies will win Gold Gloves in 2024?

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, October 29, 2024 As the 2024 postseason enters its final week, Major League Baseball is easing fans into offseason activities, which means that it’s the beginning of awards season. Given that the Rockies pride themselves on playing good defense, they generally have a player or two in the running to win a Rawl...2024
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• Braves at Nationals game thread

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images One win down, one to go I don’t think anybody saw last night’s result coming and if you did, you’re a far more optimistic fan than I am and a lot of people in general. The Atlanta Braves absolutely pulverized the Washington Nationals last night and thanks to getting some help from the Bluebirds up North, the Braves are still right in the thick of things ...2024
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• Cowboys draft: 5 teams that could be interested in trading up for 24th pick

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Who do you think is a candidate to call the Cowboys about the 24th overall pick? To trade down or not to trade down, that is the question? The Dallas Cowboys seem to be relying heavily on the 2024 NFL Draft to fill their current roster needs after an abnormally quiet offseason. That's a lot ask of any team, even one who drafts better than most like the ...2024
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• This Week in Purple: Hot N Cold
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats win MLB Draft Lottery, pick No. 1 overall + Winter Meetings update...
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 1, 2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats new & old trying to help club take next step...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ mission in 2024... Nick Senzel told reporters he saw some parallels between what he went through in Cincinnati over the last year, and what he signed on for in the nation’s capital when he agreed on a 1-year/$2M deal with the rebooting Washington Nationals after five seasons with the recently-rebuilding Reds (who’d drafted him 2nd overall in 2016 and for whom he ...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies’ offseason is progressing as it should (even if it’s boring)

Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Images Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Surely, you have heard all the exciting offseason news coming out of the NL West — it’s been notable. The Los Angeles Dodgers not only signed Shohei Ohtani, but also traded for Tyler Glasnow and Manuel Margot! Dodger blue looks good on you, Shohei. pic.twitter.com/3JpiBW3...2023
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Mike Rizzo; offseason plans; + the future…

Notes and quotes while we wait for the Nats to start making moves… In announcing his multi-year extension in September, Washington Nationals’ GM and President of Baseball ops Mike Rizzo talked about getting the opportunity to see the reboot the club kicked off at the trade deadline in 2021 through, now that the club is, in his mind, on the cusp of once again being competitive. “You go through the ...2023
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• Notes: Detroit Lions listed as top landing spot for Chase Young
Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Quite a few publications think there’s a decent chance it happens. Now that this regime has flipped the Detroit Lions from their culture to their performance on the field, Detroit is a desirable destination. That means some of the league’s biggest names no longer rule the Lions out as they once did. Analysts and writers are now frequently suggesting Detr...2023
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• Braves News: Dominant win, Matt Olson, Jared Shuster, more
Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday The Braves have been very good so far this season. We are only two games in, but two wins, four homers, fourteen runs scored, three allowed is quite nice, even against the lowly Nationals. Those two wins were behind Max Fried and Spencer Strider, who both seem likely to factor into the Cy Young conversation th...2023
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• Nationals 2, Cubs 1: Changes need to be made
Cody Bellinger, though, is not one of the changes | Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images The Cubs’ offense is missing in action. To begin this recap, I want to remind you of the old baseball saying that no team is as good as it looks when it’s on a long winning streak, and no team is as bad as it looks while on a long losing streak. This is to say that while the Cubs look pretty bad right n...2023
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• Guesstimating Dan Quinn’s 2023 offseason wishlist for the Cowboys defense
Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images The Cowboys got Dan Quinn back, now they need to give him everything he needs to capitalize on a strong defense. Dan Quinn is back! We can all breathe a sigh of relief knowing we don’t have to stress out about who his potential replacement would be, or how that would impact the Dallas Cowboys defense after watching them play like one of the best overa...2023
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• Royals acquire Jonathan India and Joey Wiemer for Brady Singer
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• Royals re-sign Michael Wacha to three-year, $51 million deal

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images The Royals retain the veteran right-hander. The Royals have re-signed right-handed pitcher Michael Wacha to a three-year, $51 million deal, according to MLB.com reporter Anne Rogers. The deal comes with a club option for a fourth year. Wacha's new contract is three years, $51 million with a $14 million club option in 2028, according to a source.$18 mi...2024
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• Michael Wacha to start ALDS Game 1 vs. Yankees

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Cole Ragans will start Game 2 The Royals have advanced to the American League Divisional Series against the Yankees, by virtue of their two-game sweep over the Orioles. The quick series will allow the Royals to get some rest with two days off before they begin the series on Saturday in Yankee Stadium. The team announced that Michael Wacha will start the ...2024
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• Sunday Wild Card games discussion

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images The NFL’s Wild Card Weekend continues. Holding the AFC’s No. 1 seed, the Kansas City Chiefs are taking the weekend off while six other AFC teams (and six more NFC squads) battle to advance to the Divisional round. There were two AFC matchups on Saturday. In the afternoon game, the Houston Texans advanced to the next round with a 32-12 victory over the...2025
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• New Commanders coach Dan Quinn let Cowboys players know he was leaving before he took job

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Dan Quinn let his Cowboys players know before he took the Commanders head coaching job. The NFL Combine took place last week and it provided the first opportunity for people in new positions across the league to do work and be seen on behalf of their new employers. On this list is a former Dallas Cowboys coach a as Dan Quinn left his post as defensive co...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Spring Training updates; Injury news; CF in D.C. in 2024...

Notes and quotes from the first two days of Spring Training 2024... GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND YOU AND YOU: Davey Martinez talked on Day 1 of Spring Training 2024 about watching all of the players the club assembled this year as they are reuniting, getting comfortable, or getting to know one another in West Palm Beach, FL. Returning players from 2023’s roster, those who signed on this winter, and the...2024
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• Putting together a Thursday Night Football parlay to make Bears-Commanders a bit more exciting

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images It might not be the most exciting of games, but you can definitely find a way to make it a fun one. Sometimes, you look ahead at a game on a schedule and think, “Wow, this is going to be a great game between two really good teams and two great quarterbacks.” Other times, you see Justin Fields and the Chicago Bears set to face off against Sam Howell and t...2023
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• Thursday Rockpile: This is what an overworked Rockies bullpen looks like
Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, July 27, 2023 As it turns out, only having three starting pitchers just isn’t a sustainable model. It’s like expecting a ceiling fan to keep a house cool on a 98-degree day. It’s better than nothing, but it just can’t be asked to do that much work. It will just be hot and uncomfortable, which is precisely wha...2023
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