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Shut Up, You NL/AL Central Loving Hillbillies

By Bryan Packman | Published: April 4, 2010
What is this nonsense I keep hearing from the mouths of fans of teams that play in the Flyover-State Divisions? Shit like, “tomorrow’s the real opening day” and “the real baseball season doesn’t start until tomorrow”. Sounds like an extension of Palin’s “real” America rhetoric to me. Listen up, hillbillies. Baseball season starts tonight, and [...]
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Closers, Saves, and Alternate Realities

By Bryan Packman | Published: October 7, 2009
Up 5-4 against the Tigers in Game 163 last night, I thought Twins manager, Ron Gardenhire, should have used Joe Nathan to begin the top of the 8th inning. The Twins ended up winning the game anyway, so this may all be moot. But by using Nathan in the eighth from the outset, the Twins [...]
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