Fact or Fiction: reflections on the 2005 ALCS

[ed: In this new Yard Work feature, two baseball personalities go head-to-head over a series of timely discussion topics. The participants are presented with a statement and are asked to respond to it by either agreeing (FACT) or disagreeing (FICTION), along with an explanation of their thought processes. In this week’s installment, ex-Devil Ray GM […]

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Trading Barbs

It’s never been easy being a General Manager in the major leagues. Fans and sports journalists eye every move you make with a jeweler’s scrutiny, looking for the tiniest imperfection or flaw. And once they find that flaw, they start booing at the ballpark, or printing ad-hominem assaults in the local paper, and the town […]

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