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• Cubber Lang

  2 hours, 53 minutes ago

  In reply to 44slug:
  I thought that was actually a pretty nice changeup. Hard to lay off that one. In the next inning, Contreras…
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• Jonathan Friedman

  3 hours, 19 minutes ago

  In reply to Swarf:
  What mystifies me is that Rizzo doesn’t wear any protective elbow pads or anywhere else because he gets hit so…
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• John Winter

  4 hours, 1 minute ago

  You simply can’t come out and start walking people with a five run lead in the 8th.
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• 44slug

  4 hours, 44 minutes ago

  Schwarber was too anxious in that at bat. He would have walked in a run with his usual…
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• clarkAddson

  5 hours, 24 minutes ago

  This is a great example of what happens when Javy is on base (The defense is on their heels particularly…
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