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Just when you want in, they push you right back outIn early 2005, a California-based rock group named Audioslave released a song titled “Be Yourself,” which became the anthem that the band is perhaps most famous for many years later. ...

God Bless Alcides Escobar, The Actual Replacement-Level Player<em></em>Back in the olden days of baseball writers and fans arguing about wins above replacement—say, five or 10 years ago—there was this claim that the concept of the replacement-level player was completely made-up, something too squishy to define concretely. What are you measuring from? said the wised-up ...

Venezuelan MLB Players Are Speaking Out About The Crisis Back HomeAt the start of this season, there were 76 Venezuelan players on MLB’s 25-man rosters—the third most represented nationality after American and Dominican. It’s estimated that 80 more Venezuelans will sign with teams this year. They leave behind family and friends in a country that is growing increas...

Alcides Escobar And Andrelton Simmons Had A Shortstop Duel

Alcides Escobar and Andrelton Simmons are two of the best defensive shortstops in the league, and are always worth watching simply because great shortstop play is one of the finer things baseball has to offer. During last night’s game between the Royals and Angels, both players robbed each other of ...

Alcides Escobar Made One Hell Of A Double Play

Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar can do a lot of cool things in the field, and last night he turned in his first stunner of this season....

Report: Royals Still Beefin' Over Noah Syndergaard's World Series Brushback Pitch

The thing to remember is that all baseball players are large babies....

Alcides Escobar Hits First Pitch, Leadoff Inside-The-Park Homer

Alcides Escobar, who just finished absolutely demolishing the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALCS, continued his torrid hitting by leading off the bottom of the first with an inside-the-park home run on the first pitch he saw. Sure he had a lot of help from the bumbling Mets outfield, but that’s pretty da...

Alcides Escobar Had One Of The Best Playoff Series Ever For A Leadoff Hitter

The Kansas City Royals are headed back to the World Series after beating the Blue Jays last night. Jose Bautista was tremendous, hitting two monster homers, but Lorenzo Cain scored in the bottom of the eighth off of a Eric Hosmer single. It was an illustrative breakdown of the two team’s styles: Tor...