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  • • Firecrackers Above, Red Sox Bello
    Yesterday, was not just our Independence Day. Yesterday, was the halfway point of the baseball season. So, Halfway to Independence from Jonathan India Day. You cannot tell me our forefathers just happened to put the Fourth of July on the exact midpoint of the baseball season by accident. They didn't put hairspray on their platinum silver wigs like they were Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada an...2022
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  • • Willson and William Contreras: A tale of Two Baseball Brothers
    Major League Baseball has been interwoven into the DNA of American culture for well over the past hundred years.  While being seen as our national “pastime,” the game of baseball provides us with uplifting stories that are a breath of fresh air in our current divisive society. This past weekend, a special treat unfolded at […] The post Willson and William Contreras: A tale of Two Baseba...2022
  • • What’s happening in baseball as of May 1st
    The national pastime is finally back. After a lot of uncertainty during the winter caused by the 99-day lockout in the major leagues, baseball finally returned. The fans were jubilant, the hot stove was as hot as it ever was, having to cover the normal duration of free agency in just a couple of weeks. […] The post What’s happening in baseball as of May 1st appeared first on Baseball R...2022
  • How hockey stars are battling climate change by returning to their roots
    • How hockey stars are battling climate change by returning to their roots
    Canada's frozen ponds provide the gateway to its national pastime. But the outdoor ice season is shrinking -- and concern is rising....2022

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National Pastime injury and suspension

  • View from Above: An Open Letter to NFL Ownership
    • View from Above: An Open Letter to NFL Ownership
    2018
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  • Divisional Round Snap Judgments
    • Divisional Round Snap Judgments
    2018
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  • • Column: Dark cloud lingers over football as season begins
    Column: Football begins a new season still lingering under the dark cloud of head injuries, and dogged by questions about the very future of America's real national pastime         ...2017
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    2016
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  • • New Year’s resolutions for the MLB’s biggest stars
    Each new year brings new goals. But the best players in Major League Baseball certainly aren’t eyeing a career change or planning a dedication to a gym membership like the average American. So, what do the biggest names in the national pastime strive to achieve in 2016? Here are our best guesses. Bryce Harper: Ignore the critics The 2015 National League MVP has had detractors in the media and even...2016
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  • • Tampa Bay Rays Giving Free Tickets to Military Personnel For Remainder of the Season
    In an awesome act of generosity that will lift up the lives of so many who deserve to be given special treatment every once in a while, the Tampa Bay Rays are giving out free tickets to military personnel for the remainder of the season. With 30 home games remaining on the schedule, each member of the military that decides to take the Rays up on this offer, can attend every remaining game for free...2015

Timeline

  • 2022
    "Rob Manfred turning back on next generation of MLB fans"

  • 2021
    "Ugly duel for MLB’s future worth it to save game’s new golden age: Sherman"

  • 2020
    "The 25 biggest MLB stories of the 2010s"

  • 2019
    "The pros and cons of baseball's new rule proposals"

  • 2018
    "MLB's top 10 starting pitchers for 2018"

  • 2017
    "YouTube TV, MLB become World Series partners"

  • 2016
    "Today is the day: Pitchers and catchers report"

  • 2015
    "HistorySource: Clemente, the Double Outsider"

  • 2014
    "Staind Lead Singer Bungles National Anthem at Game 5 of the World Series"

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National Pastime Trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Firecrackers Above, Red Sox Bello
    Yesterday, was not just our Independence Day. Yesterday, was the halfway point of the baseball season. So, Halfway to Independence from Jonathan India Day. You cannot tell me our forefathers just happened to put the Fourth of July on the exact midpoint of the baseball season by accident. They didn't put hairspray on their platinum silver wigs like they were Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada an...2022
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  • • DFS: Opening Day, Part Deux
    Welcome to Opening Day, Part Deux.  After 14 teams kicked off the 2022 season on Thursday, the other 16 take the diamond for the first time today.  Whether you’ve been participating in fantasy drafts since Thanksgiving or just coming to the ballpark now that the lights of March Madness have gone dim, it’s a glorious time to dive back into The National Pastime.  Please, blog, may I have some more?...2022
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  • Ugly duel for MLB’s future worth it to save game’s new golden age: Sherman
    • Ugly duel for MLB’s future worth it to save game’s new golden age: Sherman
    We are doing it again. We have pushed baseball between the ICU and life support. After all, bemoaning the state of the game might actually be our national pastime. John Thorn, the estimable official baseball historian, can provide upon request the first known quote from a player lamenting the lack of passion of the modern-day......2021
  • • David Ortiz strongly denies any ties to gambling on baseball
    David Ortiz posted a note on his Instagram page on Thursday to strongly deny any ties to gambling on baseball in 2005.Eddie Dominguez, a former Boston Red Sox security agent, wrote a book called “Baseball Cop: The Dark Side of America’s National Pastime.” In his book, he alleges that a top member of Ortiz’s entourage bet on baseball multiple times in 2005, including wagers against Boston. His wage...2018
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  • • Divisional Round Snap Judgments
    2018
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  • • Parties undivided at Congressional Game
    Republicans and Democrats stood on their feet together on Thursday night at Nationals Park, as the 57th Annual Congressional Baseball Game -- on the heels of Wednesday's shooting during a practice -- offered a chance to unite with our national pastime....2017
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  • • NFL Schedule Week 1: TV Coverage, Game Times and Live-Stream Map
    2016
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  • • B/R MLB Rivalry Series: Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals
    2016
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  • • Tampa Bay Rays Giving Free Tickets to Military Personnel For Remainder of the Season
    In an awesome act of generosity that will lift up the lives of so many who deserve to be given special treatment every once in a while, the Tampa Bay Rays are giving out free tickets to military personnel for the remainder of the season. With 30 home games remaining on the schedule, each member of the military that decides to take the Rays up on this offer, can attend every remaining game for free...2015
  • • MLB All-Star Rosters 2015: Biggest Oversights in American and National Leagues
    2015
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National Pastime stats and results

  • Tale of the tape: Is Liga MX better than Major League Soccer or vice versa?
    • Tale of the tape: Is Liga MX better than Major League Soccer or vice versa?
    Sebastian Salazar and Herculez Gomez are joined by MLSSoccer.com's Calen Carr to talk all things Juan Carlos Osorio, including how his coaching style and tactics have impacted El Tri. Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared on ESPN Mexico. This season's meetings between Liga Bancomer MX and MLS in the CONCACAF Champions League have sparked a debate over which league is be...2018
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  • • View from Above: An Open Letter to NFL Ownership
    2018
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  • View from Above: Missing football? Let it spring eternal
    • View from Above: Missing football? Let it spring eternal
    We're getting a little anxious.  A little apprehensive.  Maybe even a little bit nervous over the days and weeks to come before the NFL mainstreams itself back into the public's consciousness? Oh, the NFL will try to keep us informed and entertained with something called The Combine, and I suppose that's fine if that's all there is – especially if you're into watching men-in-tights. It serves a pu...2018
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  • • Divisional Round Snap Judgments
    2018
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  • • Historic Cubs-Indians World Series Moves MLB From Fading Pastime to Spotlight
    2016
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  • • NFL Schedule Week 1: TV Coverage, Game Times and Live-Stream Map
    2016
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  • • 10 Genuine Good Guys in Major League Baseball
    2016
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  • • MLB All-Star Rosters 2015: Biggest Oversights in American and National Leagues
    2015
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  • • Patriots vs Seahawks: Latest Point Spread, Money Line, Picks for Super Bowl 2015
    2015
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  • • Super Bowl 2015: Odds, Box Score Game Rules and Patriots vs. Seahawks Pick
    2015
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  • • Firecrackers Above, Red Sox Bello
    2022
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  • • The 25 biggest MLB stories of the 2010s
    Some amazing players made their debuts, while others had the signature moments of their already legendary careers. It was a busy decade for the national pastime; here’s a look at the signature events that defined it....2020
  • • View from Above: An Open Letter to NFL Ownership
    2018
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  • • View from Above: Missing football? Let it spring eternal
    2018
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    2018
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  • • Former MLB shortstop Ruben Amaro Sr. passes away at 81
    Ruben Amaro Jr. is known for being the Philadelphia Phillies general manager from 2009-15. But his story dates to a bygone era, one of the greatest in the history of America’s national pastime.See, Amaro Jr. is the son of former MLB shortstop and Phillies scout, Ruben Amaro Sr. He grew up around the game he loved. His knowledge of the diamond was learned from a very young age.Sadly for the younger...2017
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  • • Historic Cubs-Indians World Series Moves MLB From Fading Pastime to Spotlight
    2016
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  • • Game's next historic moment: Roberts vs. Baker
    Three miles from the home of America's first African-American president, our national pastime will witness a profoundly welcome milestone on Friday. When Dusty Baker's Washington Nationals host Dave Roberts' Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the National League Division Series at Nationals Park, it will mark the first meeting between minority managers in the Major League Baseball postseason -- 69 y...2016
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  • • Game's next historic moment: Roberts vs. Baker
    Three miles from the home of America's first African-American president, our national pastime will witness a profoundly welcome milestone on Friday. When Dusty Baker's Washington Nationals host Dave Roberts' Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the National League Division Series at Nationals Park, it will mark the first meeting between minority managers in the Major League Baseball postseason -- 69 y...2016
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  • • B/R MLB Rivalry Series: New York Mets vs. New York Yankees
    2016
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Top National Pastime news

  • • Today is the day: Pitchers and catchers report
    Presidents Day brought us remembrances of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and other leaders of this great country where baseball is the national pastime. And now, baseball is revving up in earnest on Wednesday, when pitchers and catchers have their first reporting dates at various Spring Training camps in Arizona and Florida....2016
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  • • HistorySource: Clemente, the Double Outsider
    Had he lived beyond age 38, Roberto Clemente would have witnessed the surge of Latinos into the national pastime — a phenomenon he helped launch....2015
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  • • Staind Lead Singer Bungles National Anthem at Game 5 of the World Series
    2014
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  • • YouTube TV, MLB become World Series partners
    YouTube and Major League Baseball, two leading pioneers in making streaming video entertainment a fact of modern digital life, announced a multi-faceted partnership on Tuesday that will drive fan excitement for the 113th World Series while showcasing another cool way for baseball fans to watch the national pastime....2017
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    2018
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  • • How hockey stars are battling climate change by returning to their roots
    2022
  • • Play Ball! A letter from Commissioner Manfred
    "The 2016 season promises to be a spectacular one for Major League Baseball, and on behalf of all of us who have the honor of serving the game, I thank you for your loyalty to our National Pastime."...2016
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  • • Tide is turning toward a universal DH
    Get ready for it. The DH is coming to a National League park near you. And it may happen sooner, rather than later. The NL traditionalists aren't going to like it. It is, however, just another step in the constant reshaping of the National Pastime....2016
  • Rob Manfred turning back on next generation of MLB fans
    • Rob Manfred turning back on next generation of MLB fans
    MLB’s only conspicuous devotion is to destroy The Game and sucker its remaining fans until the national pastime is R.I.P. — Rests In Pieces....2022
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  • • Now Batting: 14 New Baseball Books
    Publishers have filled out this spring’s lineup of biographies, team histories and other scholarship about the national pastime....2017
  • • #TBT: Cards, Padres meet in Hawaii
    It was still America's national pastime because it was still technically America. But when the St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Padres traversed the Pacific to play three regular-season games in beautiful, sun-splashed, laid-back Hawaii on April 19-20, 1997, it was anything but a normal, land-locked Major League road trip....2016
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  • • #TBT: Cards, Padres meet in Hawaii
    It was still America's national pastime because it was still technically America. But when the St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Padres traversed the Pacific to play three regular-season games in beautiful, sun-splashed, laid-back Hawaii on April 19-20, 1997, it was anything but a normal, land-locked Major League road trip....2016
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  • • In Cuba, baseball brings 2 countries together
    Welcome back to Cuba, where America's national pastime and Cuba's national passion will come together for two days for the exhibition game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National Team on Tuesday at Estadio Latinoamericano....2016
  • • Charleston is great place for kids to Play Ball
    The city of Charleston, S.C., threw one of the first pitches in the Play Ball initiative on Thursday. Charleston, one of more than 100 cities involved in Major League Baseball's push to celebrate youth participation in the national pastime, opened the doors of a local park to a troupe of local campers on Thursday....2015
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National Pastime fantasy rankings and news

  • • Firecrackers Above, Red Sox Bello
    2022
    Visit the page Jonathan India
  • • DFS: Opening Day, Part Deux
    2022
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  • • Firecrackers Above, Red Sox Bello
    2022
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  • • View from Above: Missing football? Let it spring eternal
    2018
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  • • MLB's top 10 starting pitchers for 2018
    How to define the greatness of a starting pitcher has undergone an overhaul of opinion in the past handful of seasons. The battle between analytics and traditional numbers has expanded the debate on how to qualify a top starter to such a vast extent that even the amount of wins a hurler is credited with is a hotly debated value – despite the fact it is the starter’s job more so than any other play...2018
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    2018
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  • • Now Batting: 14 New Baseball Books
    2017
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    2016
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  • • B/R MLB Rivalry Series: New York Mets vs. New York Yankees
    2016
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  • • B/R MLB Rivalry Series: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
    2016
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  • • B/R MLB Rivalry Series: New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves
    2016
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  • • B/R MLB Rivalry Series: New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves
    2016
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National Pastime rumors, scandals

  • • Divisional Round Snap Judgments
    2018
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  • • Latin baseball comes to life in special anthology
    No sport lends itself to literate writing like baseball. America's national pastime makes appearances in the works of some of our most fabled authors. It has been used, as a stage or backdrop, to contemplate life, death, ambition, discrimination, God, sex, fame, success, failure, hope, madness and despair. Kill the Ampaya! The Best Latin American Baseball Fiction is a welcome reminder that inspire...2017
  • • MLB All-Star Rosters 2015: Biggest Oversights in American and National Leagues
    2015
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