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Yankees’ Offense Is Behind Eight Ball, But Girardi Has Lineup Pitching In

Posted in Baseball, Interleague, MLB, Yankees on May 9, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

No one can accuse Joe Girardi of lacking creativity when it comes to filling out his lineup card. The Yankees haveused so many different batting orders this season, Girardi seems to be testing the law of permutations. However, last night, the Bronx Bombers’ skipper did more than just stretch the limit of his 25-man roster…he set […]

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Every Day Interleague Play Creates Bucket List MLB Schedule

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Interleague, MLB on April 29, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Do you know where the next interleague game is? With the new balanced alignment, teams from the American and National leagues have been squaring off on a nightly basis, making it difficult to keep track of these daily showdowns between interleague combatants. The next game could be coming to a ballpark near you. To help […]

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Baseball Doesn’t Need Olympics; Should Step Away from Greedy IOC to Enhance Softball’s Re-entry Bid

Posted in Baseball, Interleague, tagged on August 3, 2012 | 5 Comments »

Baseball has been played intermittently at the Olympics since 1904, but the sport wasn’t granted official medal status until 1992. Unfortunately, baseball’s full recognition by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was only a footnote during that Olympiad because the Barcelona Games also marked the debut of the U.S.  men’s basketball Dream Team. At the time, […]

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Maddon’s Defense of Peralta Shifts Blame, but Is It Out of Bounds?

Posted in Baseball, Interleague, MLB, tagged , , on June 20, 2012 | 1 Comment »

It’s not cheating if everyone is doing it, right? Tampa Bay Rays’ manager Joe Maddon seems to think so. At least that’s what the unorthodox manager implied when he defended reliever Joel Peralta, who was ejected from last night’s game because he had what home plate umpire Tim Tschida called a “significant amount” of pine […]

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Junior Circuit Once Again Tipping the Interleague Scales

Posted in Baseball, Interleague, MLB, Yankees on June 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Last season, the National League won the All Star Game, World Series, and 48% of regular season games against the American League.  After years of being dominated by the junior circuit, it appeared as if the N.L. was starting to narrow the gap. With one more week in interleague remaining on the schedule, however, the […]

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