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  1. Harry Hooper

    new red Sox hitting coordinator - Dillon Lawson

    Link1 Link2 From McAdam:
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    Betting prohibited: times have changed in Yankee Stadium

    I just caught a bit of "Pride of the Yankees" on TCM. Footage of Yankee Stadium in this 1942 film shows a prominent "No Betting" sign on the facade just to the left of the scoreboard in CF. I see it in this 1950 photo, so it was presumably later replaced by ads at some point. Of course, now we...
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    New Sox director of pitching Justin Willard

    Cotillo:
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    Free Nolan Ryan Bronze Baseball Card Topps (Stadium Club) in Cambridge, MA

    In case anyone is interested, someone in Cambridge, MA has offered up for free a Nolan Ryan Bronze Baseball Card Topps (Stadium Club) at this link.
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    La Canfora: Why is there so much bad football in the NFL?

    La Canfora has a look around the league with a particular focus on factors behind reduced scoring:
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    1959 benefit game for Roy Campanella

    Caught part of an Antiques Roadshow episode on PBS which included a guy from Hawaii getting a photo appraised. The photo featured him as a 10-year-old between Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella, and the photo was taken when the Dodgers were touring Hawaii. The appraiser said it had to be one of...
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    NFL’s new HMA plans

    Patriots announce they now have "home marketing" rights in Germany: LINK Interesting data: The team's press release makes it seem like the Patriots have exclusive rights, but it turns out the Buccaneers, Chiefs, and Panthers also can market in Germany. LINK Some teams got rights for more...
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    New film on the "birth-death" of the Alliance of American Football

    From the Guardian:
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    Pats Preseason: QB Edition

    Bedard has a piece up on the QBs:
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    Want to use full-size landline phone with cellphone SIM hub

    I have an elderly relative with limited dexterity who needs a full-size traditional phone for voice calls only, but is in a location where connection to a cellphone network (either T-mobile of AT&T to be specific) would be much cheaper and less problematic. Internet VOIP is not an option either...
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    Thursday 8/22 at Fenway

    Here's what the Sox came up with: Kids 18 and under will be admitted free of charge and all other fans may gain admission for $5. All proceeds from the $5 tickets will be donated to the Jimmy Fund to supplement fundraising efforts from the 10th Annual Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon. Fenway Park...
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    None shall pass - Astros issue no intentional BBs

    Interesting article at the WSJ: Houston hasn’t walked a batter intentionally all season and doesn’t intend to change course
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    Writer Don Banks has Passed Away

    Longtime football writer for Sports Illustrated (and recent contributor to Patriots.com) Don Banks passed away in Canton, Ohio: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27323138/long-nfl-writer-banks-dies-canton-56
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    Nightengale: MLB doping question is back

    Bob Nightengale has a column at USA Today about PEDs in MLB:
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    FDA data review on extent of spiked supplements

    JAMA online has an article by researchers in California. Key findings: Link
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    Blake wants to rake

    Not quite a "best shape of his life" ST story, Mike Cole at NESN has an article on Blake Swihart with some encouraging notes:
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    The Greek God of Hops

    The San Francisco Chronicle has a feature on the Kevin Youkilis craft brewing venture:
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    Red Sox Payroll and Luxury Tax 2018

    The reporting on this has been all over the map, witness Bob Nightengale's Nov. 13th report which had the Sox with the 4th-highest payroll in 2017 for luxury tax calculations. The AP report about MLB issuing luxury tax bills today was somewhat lacking in detail, though it did state the...
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    JimmyG warmed up mid-game?

    Riding in the car just now, I think I heard Zolak on 98.5 make a reference to Brady getting work on his throwing shoulder on the sidelines at one point during the game yesterday and JimmyG warming up to possibly enter the game. Anyone have any details on that and when it was happening?
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    Schrödinger's at-bat: Young pinch hit for himself in last night's debacle

    We have a sure entry for inclusion in the next volume of Baseball is a Funny Game. When Moreland, starting 1B, moved to the mound to pitch the 9th inning, by MLB rules the Red Sox forfeited the DH. Ramirez came in to play 1B and took DH Young's position in the batting order. Young is out of the...
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