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By Tom King   The 1970’s was really the best decade for almost everything….music, tv-shows and movies, fast food…and political scandals. I bring this up to remind you of that night in 1974 when a stripper named Fanne Foxe brought down one of the most powerful men in DC by taking a 2am swim in the Tidal Basin…she died this week……let your mind drift back to when society really cared about stuff like this….   Here is the Washington Post obit for Fanne Foxe…. About 2 a.m. Oct. 7, 1974, U.S. Park Police pulled over a silver-blue Lincoln Contine...

Snake Bytes: 02/15 - Spring Cleaning Share this story A must read for every fan that digs the self flagellation of Torey Lovullo. Here are the Diamondbacks' non-roster players invited to camp. pic.twitter.com/wp1r5OGvQg— Zach Buchanan (@ZHBuchanan) February 11, 2021 Poll This poll is closed. 9% 2% 16% 65% Around The MLB Zack Godley thought the same thing. Across The Pacific In all honesty, it was hard to get a grip on the 20/21 Australian baseball season. The ABL had to juggle with the schedule because of all COVID-restrictions and two teams deciding ...

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January 3, 2021 One of the “Best of 2020” articles that ran here at FanGraphs over the holidays featured an under-the-radar right-hander with a unique backstory and a knee-buckling bender. Titled Rangers Prospect Cole Uvila is a Driveline-Developed Spin Monster, the story chronicled, among things, a curveball that had spun upwards of 3,300 RPM in Arizona Fall League action. Honed with the help of technology, the pitch profiled as his ticket to Texas. He’s no longer throwing it. Instead, Uvila is endeavoring to channel former Cleveland Indians closer Cody Allen. “In my head, I was goin...

Former Milwaukee Brewers slugger Eric Thames will play in Japan next year, joining fellow longtime big leaguer Justin Smoak on the Yomiuri Giants.