My dad and I shared a lot of common interests, but none more so than our love of baseball. I have tons of baseball memories thanks to my dad: him coaching my tee-ball team; spending Saturday afternoons attending baseball card conventions at the Ocean City Music Pier (where I got to...

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Love it or hate it, interleague play in Major League Baseball appears to be here to stay. When they're not railing against the designated hitter or instant replay, baseball purists decry the annual practice of teams from the American League squaring off with teams from the...

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TORONTO - Actor Kurt Russell was once on the road to a major league baseball career, but a torn rotator cuff halted his dreams in 1973.

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Baseball fans love tradition, and one tradition they all get behind is the ceremonial first pitch, especially on Opening Day. The tradition has been around nearly as long as baseball itself, where guests of honor would originally be asked to toss a ball from the grandstand, which eventually progressed to the ball being tossed from the mound (or in front of it depending on the strength of the thrower) to a member of the home team. Considering how it's been used throughout the years, both to honor men and women across the nation, great and ordinary alike,...

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Gary Sheffield didn't play pro ball this past season, but he'd love to make a comeback if some team,...

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CHICAGO - Ron Santo's love for the Chicago Cubs stretched from his days as a standout third baseman who one season even jumped and clicked his heels to celebrate victories to the two decades he spent unabashedly pulling for his team as a broadcaster.

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Ron Santo's love for the Chicago Cubs stretched from his days as a standout third baseman who one season even jumped and clicked his heels to celebrate victories to the two decades he spent unabashedly pulling for his team as a broadcaster. As much as his passion for the Cubbies soothed their long-suffering fans, his play and work in the broadcast booth helped him, too, through tough times and...

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After an eight run inning, the USA beat Team Venezuela 15-6 in Sunday’s World Baseball Classic. The win assured Team USA a spot in the second round of the World Baseball Classic.

The USA will play in Pool C in Miami. The round is scheduled for next weekend but is currently being dismissed with a wanking motion by me.

Honestly, who cares about this crap? The WBC is about as interesting as the daily Chris Brown update. All this is a waste of time for the purpose of, I don’t know…injuring half your pitching staff. Is this even televised on ESPN: the Ocho? I guess this is for foreigners that care about crap like the soccer world cup.

Not to dismiss soccer as the lower tier sport that it is; baseball doesn’t work that way. I love the USA and I love many players from the USA. I also hate many players from the USA. I care more about what team the player plays for. Team loyalty trumps national origin.

I really hope this is the last year of this ill-thought experiment.

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If Mets management’s mantra is “we are comfortable with what we have” because they cant make a trade, that’s understandable. If they really believe that, they’re crazy. Forget Manny, he’d be great to have in the lineup, but I doubt the Mets can slug there way to a pennant.

Pitching is going to win the East. Our starting pitching is solid to adequate, depending on Pedro. The bullpen however, is fragile to critical. I would love Houston Street. I don’t know about the price tag Seattle is asking for and supposedly Fuentes is off the market.

If the Mets bullpen stays the same, look for another late August, mid-September melt down.

Just make a deal, Omar. You’ve got 25 minutes

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