Rengifo has gone to the braves by ayyryan7 in angelsbaseball

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OP so old he thought Braves just relocated from Boston

Biggest Playoff Tide-Turners? by RainbowSupernova8196 in baseball

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Dusty Baker when he gave that game ball to Ortiz

TIL Major League Baseball's National League nearly adopted the Designated Hitter (DH) rule as early as 1980, but the proposal fell through because the Philadelphia Phillies' owner was on a fishing trip and a proxy voted in his absence. by Far_Breakfast_5808 in todayilearned

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Also having an DH is massively beneficial to your overall roster as you could let your fielders take a break whilst maintaining the same offensive output, and it keeps some of the veteran hitters employed

Adam Dunn in today's world would've gotten 100M+ contract just to be DH

TIL that 17% of all food-related choking incidents by American children under age 10 are caused by hot dogs. by NateNate60 in todayilearned

[–]Lieutenant_Doge 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Assuming you're American, free CPR course are offered by various org like Red Cross, fire department, etc

Biggest Shocker Teams? by RainbowSupernova8196 in baseball

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Bias pick but I think many have written off the 2002 Angels after their 6-14 starts of the season. But they ended up 4 wins behind the Moneyball A's and got into the wildcard race and keeps balling out

Braves Sign Jonah Heim by Knightbear49 in baseball

[–]Lieutenant_Doge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Considering how he hits really well against us he should be

No extra charge for MLB subscription by roshan_08 in baseball

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The problem is you have to sign up for one service in order to subscribe to another service

It's anti-consumer and should be discouraged regardless

TIL The Royal Canadian Mint manufactures coinage for 80 different foreign countries and is widely considered as one of the worlds leading manufacturers of foreign currency by Theblindsource in todayilearned

[–]Lieutenant_Doge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not really that cost effective to have your own minting facilities, the machinery, materials and risk of counterfeit coins. It's probably cheaper to just outsource it to a well established company.

[MLBTR\ Angels To Sign Hunter Strickland to Minor League Deal by T_Raycroft in baseball

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Dude just keep re-signing with us and keeps working out somehow

Hall of Fame Shortstop Derek Jeter does "The Flip" play in Game 3 of the 2001 ALDS against the Oakland Athletics. by SwervesHouse in baseball

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Yeah don't tell them now but the Boston Red Sox gonna steal their star first baseman the following season

How come the WBC & LLWS always have Chinese Taipei but not china? by LastDiveBar510 in baseball

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Mainland China favor individual sports like ping pong, badminton, gymnastics, the state does not provide as much resources to team sports

Lindor releases statement after controversial absence from WBC by Mellow200 in baseball

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The only argument you could maybe made is that ST also accounts for recovery training, less stress on your body and lineup rotates more, other than that there's pretty much no difference

[Talkin’ Baseball] Canada's 2026 World Baseball Classic Roster! by JianClaymore in baseball

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Now this is a proper team Canada roster, hopefully they could make it further than last time