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Josh Hamilton is a… Los Angeles Angel
The Los Angeles Angels have added another Centerfield SuperFreak today in the form of Josh Hamilton. Hamilton will presumably play Left Field alongside Mike Trout in Center for the next 5 years. The...
View ArticleJosh Hamilton: Pump The Brakes
Josh Hamilton just signed a $125 Million deal with the Los Angeles Angels after he felt unwanted by the team that had allowed him to blossom into one of the premier players in the game. The headline...
View ArticleRanking The Current MLB Managers
Managers don’t throw a single pitch. They don’t take a single grounder, get a single hit, or score a single run. Yet having the right manager is the key to winning. Managers get a lot of credit for...
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Three Possible Giancarlo Stanton Trades That Actually Make Sense
Jon Heyman, one of baseball’s best and most trustworthy reporters, cited a source within the Miami Marlins organization that said that there is “zero percent” chance that the Marlins deal young,...
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Baseball’s Biggest Things in 2012
Last season was a great year for baseball. We at OffTheBench had a jolly time covering our favorite sport and enjoying continued growth. Probably my favorite part of writing these posts is that I get...
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Former Cy Young Winner Brandon Webb Retires at Age 33
Brandon Webb’s sinking fastball made him one of the more difficult pitchers to face in the middle part of the last decade. He won a Cy Young in 2006 and finished second in the balloting in each of...
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Martin Perez Injured: No Big Deal For Anybody, Especially Kyle Lohse
Texas Ranger’s pitching prospect Martin Perez was injured yesterday, struck by a line drive comebacker. The injury is significant in that Perez was expected by many to be the No. 5 starter in Texas....
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Texas Rangers Season Preview: Life After Hamilton
The Texas Rangers have won 90 games each of the past three seasons and made the World Series in both 2010 and 2011. That success has to be considered a coup for an ownership group that did a fantastic...
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Texas Rangers and Houston Astros: OPENING NIGHT Live Blog
Opening Day is finally here and we get to see the Houston Astros new uniforms in the grand ESPN HD. I really can barely contain my excitement over the fact that there is real baseball to the point...
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It’s Getting Late Early: Three Teams Whose Surprising Starts Portend Future...
Some teams start off hot, some start slow. Some teams come out slugging but fade into last place clubs, while others stumble out of the gate but eventually wind up on top. It’s nearly May, and while...
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Fun With Box Scores: Two Marathon Games!
Photo Courtesy of the NY Daily News Yesterday, the Rangers and Blue Jays played 18 innings before the Jays were able to walk off with a 4-3 win in Toronto. Not to be outdone, the Mets and Marlins...
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The 2013 Baseball Surprises that Shouldn’t have been all that Surprising
Each year, casual fans read some bleacher report article from some misinformed “baseball” writer proclaiming the biggest surprises of the early season. Here’s an example. But often, these “big...
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Garza to the Rangers, Cubs Win Big On This One
As I sit to write this post, I’ve learned that Ryan Braun has been suspended for the rest of the season. I’ve chosen to write about this instead. Today, the Cubs traded starting pitcher Matt Garza, the...
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Trade Deadline 2013: Early Winners And Losers
The 2013 non-waiver trade deadline has come and gone. As last year’s Dodgers-Red Sox deal can attest, big things can still happen, but if we are to trust more dated history most teams are done. With...
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Under the Radar Prospects Who Could Have a Big Impact in 2014
With the emergence of 20-year old rookie Jose Fernandez and the dominance of first-full-year Matt Harvey this year, it’s important to keep an eye on the young arms dominating the minor leagues as they...
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Hisashi Iwakuma And The AL Cy Young
The Seattle Mariners have found themselves another All-World starting pitcher who will receive inadequate support for the Cy Young awards. Hisashi Iwakuma has quietly put together a Cy Young caliber...
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The Official OTBB End Of Season Awards Ballot
The Official End of the Season is less than 72 hours away. The exciting year of 2013 ends on Sunday and, although we aren’t quite sure who the AL Wild Cards are or where the NL Wild Card game will be...
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Free Agent Season Preview: AL West Edition
On Wednesday, the Boston Red Sox successfully won their third World Series title in the last 10 years. In doing so, the organization, still woozy from the ride, stumbled off of the unlikeliest of...
View ArticleGauging The Market: Nelson Cruz
Nelson Cruz is a 33 year old corner outfielder with no speed who doesn’t hit for average at all and is coming off a 50 game suspension for steroids. Common sense just screams ‘steer clear’ of this...
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Fielder, Kinsler Deal Makes Rangers And Tigers Better
Reports are that the Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers have agreed to a swap sending first baseman Prince Fielder to Texas and second baseman Ian Kinsler to the Motor City. The reported deal is a...
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