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Exiled-MLBer Yasiel Puig in Venezuelan Baseball League brawlFormer MLB outfielder Yasiel Puig — no stranger to fights — was seen getting hit and throwing punches during a bench-clearing brawl in Venezuela last week....

I get picking a young star, but Jazz Chisholm only played in 60 games last yearEarning the distinction of cover athlete for your sport’s premier video game franchise is a unique honor. You didn’t necessarily win any awards, championships, or playoff games, but you played well enough for people to consider you the most marketable face they could put on the cover of their produc...

MLB, please don’t reinstate Trevor Bauer anytime soon [Updated]Trevor Bauer is going to be reinstated by Major League Baseball at some point. We might as well accept it from the outset. We don’t know when the reinstatement will come. Earlier this week, MLB extended Bauer’s administrative leave through April 22....

Shohei Ohtani is on the cover of MLB the Show 22, much to the chagrin of Stephen A. Smith

When you talk about an audience gravitating to the tube, or to the ballpark, to actually watch you, I don’t think it helps that the number one face is a dude that needs an interpreter so you can understand what the hell he’s saying....

IDIOT OF THE YEAR 2021: Tony La Russa, Tommy Tuberville, every NFL referee, and other esteemed dummies

Happy holidays, you filthy animals, and welcome to Deadspin’s annual IDIOT OF THE YEAR extravaganza. Within these hallowed slides are 50 of the year’s least bearable dorks, whose transgressions range from “just kinda silly,” to “dangerously stupid,” to “Trevor Bauer.”...

This doesn’t feel like the first time the Dodgers and Giants have met in the playoffs

Tonight will be the first time in MLB history we see the Dodgers and Giants compete in the postseason. For such a storied rivalry, it’s crazy to think that in the year 2021, there’s still something new for these franchises to experience with one another. Sure, there are some discrepancies like the 1...

Women have always understood who Trevor Bauer is

(Trigger Warning: sexual assault, choking, violence during sex) ...

What it really means when white sportswriters talk about lack of hustle

The Yankees fell to 6-11 on Wednesday night with a 4-1 home loss to Atlanta. They got a grand total of five hits, and if not for Atlanta’s generosity in throwing away Tuesday night’s game, New York would be on a seven-game losing streak right now....