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In Defense of Bull Durham

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Examined: The possibly sinister defense of the 1907 Washington Senators

Mike Trout's low launch angles produce best outcomes

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Trout got a hit roughly 81 percent of time when he launched the ball at 10 degrees. His launch angle distribution also contains more contact where he does the most damage. For everyone's sake, please follow Daren Willman's work (@darenw). As if anyone needed another reason to swoon over Trout.

2016 Spring Training report dates

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Minnesota and Toronto players get a few extra days.

2015 Grammar rankings of sports fans

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Baseball fans in general are pretty bad with grammar. Indians fans have it together though. Study from Grammarly.

Here is the hardest-hit ball recorded by StatCast this year

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Known masher Giancarlo Stanton is responsible, of course. It's not a dinger though. It had a launch speed of 120.3 mph on a 79.2 mph pitch.

Salary lost due to injury

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Don't have a shoulder, an elbow, or be a pitcher. Got it.

Rasmus vs. Cespedes

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Their offense has been similar overall for the past three years, but Cespedes gets a lot of value from his arm.

Louie Louie Severino

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Look for the Yankees Louie Louie Severino to make a big splash in his first full season with the Yankees in 2016 helping the team into the playoffs.

WPA's Texas Rangers Top 20 Postseason Moments

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After yesterday -- with two moments making the top 10 -- I updated the list of the top 20 Texas Rangers postseason moments according to WPA. This seems like the community to enjoy something like that. Also, I think it would be cool to see every team's list.

How much a baseball game proposal costs

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You should expect to spend something in the neighborhood of a fortune to propose at Dodger Stadium. This is a well-designed infographic.