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Carlos Gomez was Very Angry at Paul Maholm. Brian McCann was Very Angry at...
When it comes to matters of messaging, it’s all in the timing. On a ball field, that means an offended team waits for the appropriate moment to respond to the player who rubbed them the wrong way. This...
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Pimping in Twin Cities Sparks Iffy Tiff
They showed us what not to do in Minnesota on Wednesday. Then they showed us again … and again. Oakland’s Josh Donaldson led off the anti-exhibition in the 10th inning by admiring his deep fly ball,...
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Wayback Machine: Pimping on the Farm, Circa 1994
Via Deadspin this afternoon, a long-lost clip of what may be the most audacious home run pimping in this history of home run pimps (or at least that which has been captured on video). Behold, Rich...
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Go-Go Gone-Gone: Gomez Pimps, Explodes Over Tongue Lashing
Pimping is a ballplayer’s prerogative. But if one chooses to style in the batter’s box after hitting a long fly ball, one must be prepared should the opposition cry foul. (One must also make sure the...
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Whether ’tis Nobler in the Mind to Suffer the Slings and Arrows of Outrageous...
At his very best, Fernando Rodney is ludicrous. His pre-scripted bow-and-arrow routine following saves—during which he pulls an imaginary arrow from an imaginary quiver and shoots it with his imaginary...
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Bautista Proves that Grudge Homers are the Best Kind of Homers
With Yasiel Puig’s renunciation of bat flipping dominating the early-season talk about the subject, there’s another function of the tactic that has been largely overlooked—one that is less Look at me...
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Does Anybody Even Know What Baseball’s Unwritten Rules Are, Anymore?
Vicious RT @CauldronICYMI Rougned Odor hits Jose Bautista with right cross to jaw after Bautista slid through 2nd https://t.co/HFLXEoFgEd — CJ Fogler (@cjzero) May 15, 2016 We’ll get to questions...
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How to Deal With Meathead Pitchers 101, or: Retaliation Without Communication...
The headlines for yesterday’s action concern the clearing of the benches and the placement of fastballs near hitters’ heads. The intrigue, however, lies in the ability of a player or team to...
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Breaking: Yasiel Puig Doesn’t Like Inside Pitches
On Friday, Yasiel Puig homered twice against the Marlins. On Saturday, the first pitch he saw arrived fast and inside. He didn’t appreciate the coincidence. It may have been exactly that—a...
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