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What Did Craig Kimbrel Say To His Bullpen Coach? We Asked A Lipreader [Update]

Much criticism has landed on Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez since the Braves' miserable exit last night from the National League playoffs. Atlanta closer Craig Kimbrel, the game's best reliever, was warm and ready in the bullpen, but Gonzalez says he never gave thought to bringing his closer in ear...

Update: According to a Rays official, this rumor is false....

What The Heck Was Joe Maddon Doing Last Night?

If he were anyone else (and the box score looks like a Tony La Russa special), the Rays manager would be getting flayed this morning. But everybody loves Joe Maddon, and his magnum opus of overmanaging in the Rays' 5-4 win over Boston somehow came back around to directly stave off elimination. That ...

You Can't Neutralize Stupid: Why Dusty Baker Might Not Get Another Job

Originally published on Baseball Prospectus....

Dan Snyder Sucks at PR, According To Dan Snyder's Former PR Company

Adweek magazine ran its version of the Redskins name story a few days ago. The main question under consideration was whether social media have "propelled" the controversy over the team's name. Yes, was the conclusion....

President Obama: I'd "Think About Changing" Redskins Nickname

President Obama clearly thinks it's time to switch the Washington nickname to something less slur-y and danced around outright saying so in a recent interview with the Associated Press. He didn't say the owner in Washington was an ignominious shit for loudly and proudly announcing his intent to neve...

Did Wil Myers Blow This Play, Or Was He The Victim Of Gamesmanship?

Here's Rays outfielder Wil Myers, in the fourth inning of today's playoff game against the Red Sox, doing God knows what....

Here's Dusty Baker's Version Of How He Got Fired

This morning, the Reds announced that Dusty Baker is out as Reds managers after six seasons. It was ostensibly a "mutual" decision, but no one bought that. Now Baker gets to tell his side of the story, and if you believe him, he threw himself on his sword to save his hitting coach....

Reds Fire Dusty Baker; Is He A Hall Of Famer?

After the Reds washed out in the one-game wild card, GM Walt Jocketty was asked if Dusty Baker would be back next year. "I think so," Jocketty said. "He's got another year on his contract." It sounds like the GM was overruled from above, because reports out of Cincinnati have Baker out as Reds manag...

The Red Sox's Best Reliever Once Aspired To Be A Gym Teacher

Koji Uehara was, by any measure, the Red Sox's best relief pitcher this season. Indeed, only two Boston starters accumulated a higher WAR than Uehara, who finished the regular season with a 1.09 ERA in 74.1 innings pitched—mostly as the third-string closer after injuries to Joel Hanrahan and Andrew...

Why The NFL's New Concussion Protocols Aren't Working

In January, the NFL announced that, starting with the 2013 season, all games would be played with an independent neurologist on the sidelines to assist with the evaluation and treatment of head injuries. It looked like the league had done a good thing. It was establishing a new, unbiased procedure t...

Johnny Cueto Gets Jeered, Drops Ball, Gives Up Home Run

PNC Park finally got to host playoff baseball, and the fans in Pittsburgh made it a party, screaming and chanting and jeering from the moment they passed through the turnstiles. And while there's no way to know for certain, it sure looked like the standing-room-only crowd got to Reds starter Johnny ...

Cops Say Dallas Latos Case Is Closed; Dallas Latos Is Not Happy

Pittsburgh police just held a press conference to address last night's alleged assault of Dallas Latos, wife of Cincinnati Reds pitcher Mat Latos, at last night's Reds-Pirates game. @CBSPittsburgh live-tweeted the presser, and received a few responses from Dallas Latos, who isn't too happy about how...

Dumb Pirates Fans Interfere With Two Balls In One Inning

A couple of dumb yinzers did their best to sabotage their own team's playoff hopes....

Marlon Byrd Socks A Home Run In His First Postseason At-Bat

In 11 MLB seasons, Marlon Byrd never had a chance to hit in the postseason. The 36-year-old Byrd finally got his opportunity with the Pirates tonight, hitting a home run in his first at-bat against Johnny Cueto....

Here's The Most Famous Play From The Last Reds-Pirates Playoff Game

The Reds play the Pirates in the NL wild-card game tonight, and while it's been forever-and-a-half since the Pirates last made the postseason, the two teams actually have quite a history with one another. And because I'm a Yinzer dork who can barely sit still in anticipation—hurry up, eight o'clock...

As The Government Slowly Dies, TX Congressman Makes Dumb Joke

It actually is true, because this is Washington's bye week....

The Main Ingredient: Korean BBQ At Home

Sunday gives food. The goddess Alexandra inspired me to give this a try. ...

Tommy Rees Picked Off, Sooners Return For Touchdown

Less than three minutes into the game against Oklahoma, the Fighting Irish found themselves in an early two-touchdown hole. This was not the start Notre Dame wanted. ...

Half-Marathoner Takes Wrong Turn, Wins Marathon

Meredith Fitzmaurice had never run a full marathon in her life. She'd never run more than 20 miles. But she was working up to it, and hoped to use Sunday's half-marathon in Amherstburg, Ontario, as a tuneup. ...