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Sunday Night Tampering: When broadcast banter becomes conflict of interest
ESPN has long been the subject of scrutiny when it comes to the appearance of conflict of interest. The worldwide leader didn’t do much to help acquit themselves Sunday night. Neither did Major League Baseball. Advertisements
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Halfway to Cooperstown: Christian Yelich en route to immortality
Some might scoff at the idea so soon, but Christian Yelich isn’t just the straw that stirs the Milwaukee Brewers’ drink: he’s already compiling a Hall of Fame resume. A lot can happen between here and eternity, but it’s not …
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Ace in the hole: Jimmy Nelson’s timely return to Brewers
For Brewers’ starter Jimmy Nelson, the odyssey back to Milwaukee is over at last. His return to the big league rotation comes at a time when the Brewers are shifting up into a higher gear atop the fiercely-contested National League …
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Bending toward justice: Hank Bauer, history and fate
In this edition of Nine Innings, we look at how history is made by the victors, at the expense of the losers. History also has a way of evening the score. Enter Hank Bauer.
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The Bryce of fame
Bryce Harper is one of the biggest celebrities in baseball, a popular face and brand with a command of the media not unlike LeBron James or Aaron Rodgers. Unlike LeBron and A-Rod, though, Harper has not lived up to the …
Current status of barrel: Rolling
The Milwaukee Brewers polished off a ten-game homestand with eight wins and a brutal first month of the season in the rear-view mirror. They’re now cloistered with the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs atop a fiercely-contested NL Central. What’s …
Max Scherzer, Clayton Kershaw and a paradigm shift
Benchmarks for the Hall of Fame were once defined by whole numbers and equal parts quantity and quality. The new game and the new generation of players like Max Scherzer, however, are changing that perception entirely.
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The Recital: Low-A games and the experience of baseball
Everybody starts somewhere. For some, this is only a wayside en route to bigger, better things; for others, here is the journey’s end. Life exists here, passes through here, passes away here. In this edition of Nine Innings–yes, it’s still …
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Timing is everything: the April resurgence of Zach Davies
Wherein the writer acknowledges his prior bias against the Milwaukee Brewers’ ageless wonder, and celebrates Zach Davies‘ early-season success.
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Too much, too soon
Freddy Peralta was named the de facto #2 starter for the 2019 Milwaukee Brewers. After three starts and the expanding sample size, is it time to wonder if the Brewers expected too much from their promising young hurler?