Hardball Theatre: Tex Slide Story
Keith Good’s weekly one-act, an SNL-meets-MLB take on the week in baseball. This week, Rougned Odor discovers the theatrics and choreography of a bench-clearing brawl.
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Baseball’s Baddest Asses Don’t Talk Much
Rougned Odor proved once again that real gangsta-ass ball players don’t talk much.No one ever wants to be declared “soft,” but when the shit hits the fan, that’s when you find out the difference between a Graeme Lloyd and a Jose Bautista.
Read moreIf You Don’t Understand the Game, Don’t Write About It
Look, I loved Jose Bautista’s bat flip that tossed a shovel-full of dirt over the Texas Rangers last October, but many old schoolers who are fond of baseball’s unwritten rules frowned upon such action.
Read morePat Hentgen on Jose Bautista’s Playoff Bat-Flip: “I didn’t like it”
Pat Hentgen won the 1996 American League Cy Young award and was a key component of the last Toronto Blue Jays team to win a World Series in 1993, efforts which resulted in Hentgen’s election into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
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