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Rob Thomson finally gets his shot

Rob Thomson finally gets his shot

MLB 2022: Leaders on Memorial Day

MLB 2022: Leaders on Memorial Day

An unforgettable 1979 slugfest at Wrigley Field

An unforgettable 1979 slugfest at Wrigley Field

2022-02-262022-06-21 Matt Veasey BASEBALL, PHILLIES

20 greatest Black players in Phillies history

Joe Morgan and Ferguson Jenkins, who put up the numbers that elevated them to the Hall of Fame while with the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs respectively, were clearly among the greatest Black players to ever pull on a Phillies jersey. You won't find them listed...

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2022-02-112022-02-11 Matt Veasey REVIEWS

TV Watch: Cheer

For anyone who thinks that cheerleading is simply an activity where a few pretty girls dance around, wave some pom-poms, and yell "Go team!", well, Netflix has an education to offer you. That education comes in the form of their "Cheer" docudrama.

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2022-02-072022-02-08 Matt Veasey BASEBALL

Examining select Hall of Fame cases of Black players not yet enshrined

February is Black History Month, and with Baseball Hall of Fame talk still hot among many fans and scribes, now seems a good time to take a brief look at some Black players who have been considered and voted on but who are not enshrined at Cooperstown, at least not yet.

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2022-02-012022-01-19 Matt Veasey BASEBALL

Charlie Finley and the Swingin’ A’s

Charlie Finley's years guiding the A's in Oakland resulted in a 1,091-1,005 cumulative regular season record, three World Series championships, and five American League West Division crowns. They were also some of the most colorful and controversial years in baseball history.

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2022-01-042022-01-15 Matt Veasey BASEBALL

Memo Luna and those baseball lost in 2021

I would venture that almost none of you, certainly very few, know about the career of one Memo Luna. That career was the shortest of anyone lost to us in 2021, less than one inning of one contest in 1954.

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