Phillies fans have problem with their wieners; Kris Bryant laments move to Rockies; Ohtani, Hideki Matsui share odd marital similarity

Deadspin BotDeadspin Bot|published: Sat Mar 02 2024 12:00
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The push to block the Oakland A’s relocation continues

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The Oakland Athletics move to Las Vegas is no closer to completion, as the Nevada State Education Association (NESA) is preparing to file an injunction to block the $380 million in public funds for the A’s, on the grounds that it is unconstitutional. - Mackenzie Meaney Read More

The Colorado Rockies have crushed Kris Bryant’s soul

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For the most part, fans these days accept that a player signing a generational wealthy contract with a team is more than enough of an end to itself. Few players, out of the very few who make the majors at all, get to take the opportunity of free agency and set themselves up for the rest of their careers. While there’s still an angry, high-volume minority that will still be angry at a player for accepting the offer that a team gave him, most of the rest of us get it. - Sam Fels Read More


Did Shohei Ohtani just take a page out of Hideki Matsui’s marriage book?

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Shohei Ohtani announced on Instagram Thursday that he had gotten married in the offseason. The announcement came seemingly out of nowhere and read like a press release, but was also so characteristically Ohtani to announce his wife to the world with a Notes app-style document. - Mackenzie Meaney Read More

This may upset Rob Manfred, but starting pitchers are not ever going to be what they used to be

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It’s easy to say that MLB gets too caught up in its past and tries too hard to be the game it once was. A major part of baseball’s charm is its connection to its past. While the other sports don’t look anything like they did even 20 or 30 years ago, baseball doesn’t ever move too far from what it’s always been. The very nature of it makes it so that it can’t ever be too far removed from its past, even if the players are miles better athletes than they were just two decades ago. - Sam Fels Read More

Yet another reason Philly fans can never have nice things

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What is one thing synonymous with a day spent at a baseball park? A hot dog. The Phillies had seemingly cracked the code on making that perfect partnership happen while maximizing its value for fans with their “Dollar Dog” night, where every hot dog sold was – you guessed it – a dollar. - Mackenzie Meaney Read More