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Mark KreidlerDeconstructing the sports world one paragraph at a time, by national award-winning writer Mark Kreidler. Because context is king.
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Baseball's Run On Umpires.
As in, running away from an ABS future
Seven umpires in Major League Baseball are going to take buyouts and retire at the end of this season, and if that sounds like rather a lot to you, congratulations on being a close-attention-paying ty...
300 Wins? You Been Day-Drinking?
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When Justin Verlander announced this week that he’ll retire at the end of the season, he pu...
Not Sure America is FIFA's Biggest Problem.
Asking whether FIFA, the international soccer organization, is doing the right thing about anything is an historically proven waste of energy. You can’t spell FIFA without Corruption, Money-Changing, Back-Room Politicking and Broadly Spread...
It Happened on July 4.
Not a bad sports day, historically
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How You Can Tell Baseball's Healthy.
Okay. In-game attendance is up and TV ratings are up. Actually, those broadcast numbers aren’t just up, they’ve risen dramatically, a 44% year-over-year increase for MLB’s national and large-region televised games so far. But that’s not how...
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