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Tony La Russa was every bit the human gallstone you thought he wasIt could end up being the pacemaker that saved Chicago, going down in history along with other objects we revere like a lamp next to a cow, disco records, and all the dirt we moved to reverse the flow of the Chicago River to send our shit to St. Louis (where it belongs and they deserve) to name a fe...

The White Sox are getting to their proper level of cantankerousThe term “White Sox” in baseball basically means anger. Or at least a heavy pinch of it to go with however else it might be defined. There is always an undercurrent of seething with the White Sox and their fans. It’s part of their identity. The White Sox are a symbol of their part of Chicago, the So...

Josh Harrison Avoided The Hell Out Of This TagPirates second baseman Josh Harrison tested the arm of Nationals center fielder Michael Taylor tonight, and he got beat to second base. However, Harrison, a known trickster on the base paths, beat the tag somehow....

Good Luck Trying To Tag Josh Harrison

Derek Norris had Josh Harrison more or less nailed down with this throw, but Harrison got creative and made a nifty-as-hell dodge to escape the tag. He was called out, but after a review, Harrison got the base he deserved. ...

Pirates Walk Off On Little League Inside-The-Park Home Run

The Pirates and Brewers played a wild one this evening in Pittsburgh. Pirates starter Jameson Taillon took a 105 MPH liner to the noggin in the second inning, stayed in, and pitched six innings of five-hit, one-run ball. Hernan Perez—the batter who torched one at Taillon—knocked in both runs for the...

The Pirates Pulled Off A Nifty Triple Play

Josh Harrison, Neil Walker, and Andrew Lambo turned the Pirates' first triple play since 2009. Quite pretty....

Josh Harrison Overshoots Second Base, Somehow Escapes Rundown

Pirates utility man Josh Harrison overshot second base on his steal attempt in Sunday's game against the Rockies, so he took his only option left and kept going to third. It worked!...

Yadier Molina Held Onto This Ball Like "A Man," According To Suddenly Unpopular MLB Employee

Normally, this would be about Josh Harrison absolutely destroying Yadier Molina at the plate during tonight's Pirates-Cardinals game. But, well, the person running MLB's Twitter feed is just so goddamn impressed with Molina's skill at holding onto a ball, in a play that forced the catcher to leave ...