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AJ Burnett – All Star Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates

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In case you have noticed, one of the pitchers with seven wins in the National League is AJ Burnett of the Pittsburgh Pirates.  Yes, the AJ Burnett that was traded by the Yankees to the Pirates for two minor leaguers while paying the Pirates $13 million of Burnett’s remaining salary.  The AJ Burnett that could not win with lineups supporting him with batters such as Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, and Robinson Cano, and Mariano Rivera closing games is winning games with the Pirates and is a team later. Continue reading →

Historic Baseball Feats – By The Numbers

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Last week, Josh Hamilton became the 16th player in Major League Baseball History to hit four home runs in a game.  Since the beginning of Major League Baseball there have been over 200,000 games played and over 13 million at-bats.  Hamilton did something that happened over 15 times before him.  That made me wonder, what is more rare than a four home run game. Continue reading →

Peyton Manning – Out Of Another Club

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Peyton Manning was released from the Indianapolis Colts this week.  He was the first pick overall in the 1998 draft and had been their starting quarterback ever since.  The Colts were the only club that he ever knew.  However when he signs with a new organization, he will leave another exclusive club; players that were drafted by one organization and played for that team their entire career (and a minimum of 14 years). Continue reading →

Overrated? Let’s Discuss That. Pt. 1/3

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All 3 are overrated according to a recent list on bleacher-report


Writers have to write. Even unpaid, unobligated folks like myself often feel the need to just write something and put it out. The burden for paid sportswriters in this digital age is far more present. This leads to a lot of news when there is no news. It also leads to terrible lists. Lists can be fun. I generally don’t grade them too hard. But sometimes one jumps out at you and it’s just so obvious that all the writer was doing was putting something… anything… out on deadline. A piece of work like that I have to address.
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