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          [Day 4 of Great Baseball Writing] "An Idiot In Exile" by Pat Jordan. Two years since last taking an MLB at-bat, Pat Jordan's profile of 40-year-old free agent Johnny Damon reveals an impressively ignorant narcissist, whose only joy in life is 1) Baseball, and 2) Partying with the boys
                  u/Vagina_Woolf
              • 15 hr. ago
                [Day 4 of Great Baseball Writing] "An Idiot In Exile" by Pat Jordan. Two years since last taking an MLB at-bat, Pat Jordan's profile of 40-year-old free agent Johnny Damon reveals an impressively ignorant narcissist, whose only joy in life is 1) Baseball, and 2) Partying with the boys
                  https://web.archive.org/web/20140729134144/http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/86025432/johnny-damon-baseball-red-sox-yankees-idiot-in-exile
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          THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM WORLD SERIES CONTENTION
              u/AndrewAllStar888
          • 25 days ago
          THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM WORLD SERIES CONTENTION
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          Best Free Agents by position
              u/sh0tgunben
          • 7 hr. ago
          Best Free Agents by position
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          What is the baseball equivalent of streetball?
              u/GoodNinja18
          • 32 min. ago
          What is the baseball equivalent of streetball?

              In basketball, a streetball player is a player that hogs the ball and tries to do a million dribbles.

              What is the baseball equivalent of streetball player?

          I have never played baseball but I am confident I could enter the game up one in the bottom of the 9th and finish the game without allowing an earned run.
              u/Dragon-Hatcher
          • 2 days ago
          I have never played baseball but I am confident I could enter the game up one in the bottom of the 9th and finish the game without allowing an earned run.
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              Step 1: Walk the leadoff batter. I have limited confidence in my ability to throw a legal pitch, so the best choice is simply not to step on the rubber, leading to 4 pitch clock violations and a walk.

              Step 2: Walk the second batter. I use the same method as before. Since I never step on the rubber, the ball never becomes live so there is no danger of any steals. Runners on first and second.

              Step 3: I'm now facing my third batter. Given my performance so far, my manager will probably be looking to take me out at this point. Therefore, I must end the game now as the three batter rule only protects me for one more batter. My chances of securing a triple play seem limited, so it will be easier to simply lose the game. However I must not allow an earned runs. The solution is simple: Receive the ball and calmly step onto the rubber to make the ball live. Then step backward off the rubber to disengage and avoid a balk. Then simply throw the ball into either dugout. The runners will be awarded two bases each on my pickoff error.

              Step 4: Repeat the same process again. The runners will be awarded two more bases allowing both to score and my team to lose the game. Since both runners scored on my pickoff errors, I will have zero earned runs charged to me.

              Step 5: After being DFAed immediately following the game I will be investigated by the commissioner's office for violating rule 21a ("attempting to lose"). This will result in a permanent ban from professional baseball. Retire with a career stat line of 0.0 IP | 0 W | 1 L | 1 BS | 0 ER.

          [Money Balls] Jackson Chourio vs. Mason Miller, NLDS Game 2. Every pitch, every number.
              u/fanofsports44
          • 15 hr. ago
          [Money Balls] Jackson Chourio vs. Mason Miller, NLDS Game 2. Every pitch, every number.
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          It seems that Ippei Mizuhara's prison term has been extended by three months
              u/aa4x1x0
          • 7 hr. ago
          It seems that Ippei Mizuhara's prison term has been extended by three months
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          THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS ARE 2026 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!
              u/MLBOfficial
          • 12 days ago
          THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS ARE 2026 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!
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          Pedro Martinez tells MLB, players to find solution 'for the fans'
                  u/PrincessBananas85
              • 22 hr. ago
                Pedro Martinez tells MLB, players to find solution 'for the fans'
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                  https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50420169/pedro-martinez-tells-mlb-players-find-solution-fans
          Tsuyoshi Shinjo, manager of the NPB’s Fighters, proposed a “Real World Series” between MLB and NPB champions. Held in Hawaii, it would offer 2 B yen (about $12.6 M) in prize money, funded by all MLB and NPB teams and sponsors. “With this year’s matchup, I’d say SoftBank would win 4-2.”
                  u/ogasawarabaseball
              • 5 days ago
                Tsuyoshi Shinjo, manager of the NPB’s Fighters, proposed a “Real World Series” between MLB and NPB champions. Held in Hawaii, it would offer 2 B yen (about $12.6 M) in prize money, funded by all MLB and NPB teams and sponsors. “With this year’s matchup, I’d say SoftBank would win 4-2.”
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                  https://sportsbull.jp/p/2450996/
          In honour of Jerry Remy’s birthday: The original Pizzagate - Here comes the pizzer.
              u/RYKWI
          • 1 day ago
          In honour of Jerry Remy’s birthday: The original Pizzagate - Here comes the pizzer.
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          [Sharma] Cubs plan to sit out Tarik Skubal bidding war, but pitching needs are clear (Gift Article)
                  u/T_Raycroft
              • 35 min. ago
                [Sharma] Cubs plan to sit out Tarik Skubal bidding war, but pitching needs are clear (Gift Article)
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                  https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7764521/2026/11/09/cubs-tarik-skubal-pitching-needs-offseason/?unlocked_article_code=1.PFE.dHbl.fFZOVgQ4m7rh&source=emp_shared_article&smid=ta-ios-share
          THE BREWERS ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES!
              u/MLBOfficial
          • 25 days ago
          THE BREWERS ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES!
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          'Ueck' documentary getting reworked ending.
                  u/jpotrz
              • 1 day ago
                'Ueck' documentary getting reworked ending.
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                  https://www.wuwm.com/ueck-documentary-directors-to-give-film-ending-it-deserves-after-brewers-world-series-win?utm_source=chatgpt.com
          Kid Names EVERY WORLD SERIES WINNER For a 100% on the Midterm
              u/habichuelacondulce
          • 7 days ago
          Kid Names EVERY WORLD SERIES WINNER For a 100% on the Midterm
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          The Biggest Mid-Season Collapses From Players?
              u/Reasonable-Power
          • 17 hr. ago
          The Biggest Mid-Season Collapses From Players?

              Mid-season collapses are an integral aspect of baseball, as with every sport, it's more about how you finish than how you start. Usually, we see this term assigned towards teams that start out great, and then flame out, but these can also happen to single players, as well. So, what do you think is the greatest example of this, and why?

              Now, I don't know how this holds up with other collapses from the past, but a strong recent example from my own team might be 2024 Clay Holmes. As late as June 9, he had an excellent 1.23 ERA (4 ER in 29.1, all 4 ER being on 5/20 vs. Seattle), and was 19-for-22 in save opps. But from that day on, he fell off a cliff as our closer, allowing a massive 4.81 ERA (18 ER in 33.2), blowing 10 saves (adding up to 13, a franchise record in a season), and losing his closer role in September to Luke Weaver, as a result of giving up Wyatt Langford's walk-off grand slam on the 3rd. Granted, he did redeem himself in a set-up/mid-relief role, putting up a solid 2.25 ERA in 13 playoff games, but he was the best closer in baseball just a couple months prior, so him even being in that role was surreal.

          The Mets have placed Banners of fictional Players up at Citi Field
              u/AwesomeYes2
          • 4 days ago
          The Mets have placed Banners of fictional Players up at Citi Field
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          Besides range, what is the biggest difference between third baseman and shortstop?
              u/PurpleEconomy9804
          • 21 hr. ago
          Besides range, what is the biggest difference between third baseman and shortstop?

              I remember when Manny Machado tried to play shortstop for the Dodgers and he was awful. One of the best Third baseman in the game couldn't do it.

          A perfectly executed beer throw and chug to Jacob Misiorowski
              u/musicmaker201
          • 10 days ago
          A perfectly executed beer throw and chug to Jacob Misiorowski
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          How the Spitball works
              u/QuickHitHistory
          • 16 hr. ago
          How the Spitball works
          If the Brooklyn Dodgers had gotten the stadium offer they wanted instead of being offered a site in Queens, what would’ve happened to west coast baseball?
              u/HungryHunngryHippo
          • 21 hr. ago
          If the Brooklyn Dodgers had gotten the stadium offer they wanted instead of being offered a site in Queens, what would’ve happened to west coast baseball?

              Would other teams have moved instead? Would the open PCL have become a third major league? Would the AL and NL have’s absorbed some existing PCL teams?

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          Which MLB team has the best social media people (you cannot name your own)
              u/Ok_Assumption_5366
          • 2 hr. ago
          Which MLB team has the best social media people (you cannot name your own)
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          [Highlight] They are stunned in Dodgers stadium.
              u/GreenSnakes_
          • 26 days ago
          [Highlight] They are stunned in Dodgers stadium.
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          Sources: Mariners involved some players in team’s managerial search
                  u/PlayaSlayaX
              • 2 hr. ago
                Sources: Mariners involved some players in team’s managerial search
                  News
                  https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7766336/2026/11/09/mariners-manager-search-players/?unlocked_article_code=1.PFE.E_Ux.ScjwPB1KGSTv&source=emp_shared_article&smid=url-share-ta
          [OC] Bryce Harper's teams win 68% of his games after Golden Knights losses and 40% after Golden Knights wins
              u/StrategyTop7612
          • 22 hr. ago
          [OC] Bryce Harper's teams win 68% of his games after Golden Knights losses and 40% after Golden Knights wins

              Bryce Harper is a pretty serious Vegas Golden Knights fan.

              He grew up in Las Vegas, and when the Knights arrived he talked about how weird it was finally having a hometown team to actually root for. He straight-up said:

              “I support the Golden Knights.”

              So naturally, I wanted to know what happens when the Golden Knights piss him off.

              I matched Golden Knights games with Harper's next MLB game and compared his performance depending on whether Vegas had won or lost.

              The stats show that an angry bryce Harper shows up, after a loss.

                Stat              After VGK win  After VGK loss

                Games             35             25
                AVG               .261           .313
                SLG               .463           .735
                HR/game           .200           .400
                RBI/game          .457           .720
                BB/game           .600           1.040
                K/game            1.143          .840
                Harper's team W%  40.0%          68.0%


                After a Golden Knights loss, Harper:

                  * slugged .735

                  * hit home runs at twice the rate

                  * drove in about 58% more runs per game

                  * walked almost twice as often

                  * struck out less

                  * and, somehow, his MLB team won 68% of the time

                After a Knights win, his team won just 40% of the time.

                Is any of this actually statistically significant?

                There are only 60 matched Harper games, so some enormous-looking differences are still pretty noisy.

                The individual batting differences like AVG, SLG and HR rate aren't statistically significant with this sample.

                Two results did come out nominally significant:

                Walks

                  * After VGK wins: 0.60/game

                  * After VGK losses: 1.04/game

                  * p = .034

                Harper's team's win percentage

                  * After VGK wins: 14–21 (.400)

                  * After VGK losses: 17–8 (.680)

                  * Fisher's exact test: p = .040

                That team result is especially stupid.

                Harper's teams were 28 percentage points more likely to win when the Golden Knights had just lost.

                Methodology

                I used Golden Knights results from the beginning of the franchise's existence and Harper's MLB game logs through 2025.

                For each VGK game, I looked for Harper's first MLB regular-season game on a later calendar date, within 7 days of the Knights game.

                I excluded:

                  * same-day Harper games

                  * Knights games without a Harper game within the window

                  * cases that would duplicate the same Harper game

                That left 60 matched Harper games:

                  * 35 after Golden Knights wins

                  * 25 after Golden Knights losses

                I then compared his batting performance and whether Harper's MLB team won.

                Obviously there are a ton of uncontrolled variables here: opponent quality, starting pitcher, home/road, season, Harper's age, injuries, lineup strength, and the fact that hockey games probably do not control baseball players' OPS for obvious reasons.

                Conclusion

                Golden Knights win:
                Harper: .261 AVG, .463 SLG

                Golden Knights lose:
                Harper: .313 AVG, .735 SLG

                And his team goes from a 40% win rate to 68%.

                So Maybe dave dombrowski's goal should be to ruin the Golden Knights instead of the phillies.

          MLB might be over but south of the border we have baseball
              u/jaysus94
          • 5 days ago
          MLB might be over but south of the border we have baseball
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          [Dennis Lin]: How do MLB players feel about the idea of a free agency deadline? We polled 100 to find out
                  u/TheAthletic
              • 4 hr. ago
                [Dennis Lin]: How do MLB players feel about the idea of a free agency deadline? We polled 100 to find out
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