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Why Even Bother?

Major League Baseball has belatedly opened its 2020 season but why even bother? The players are flashing their Black Lives Matter gear, playing politics instead of sports. The NBA and Women’s National Basketball Association have staged even more dramatic stunts. If athletes want to run for Congress, fine. Go for it. But when the games are on, they should be focusing on sports — not pushing their own brand of politics. More from Mark Dice.

The Mask Double Standard

You know the world is rigged when Anthony Fauci is the only one allowed to go to baseball games. More from Sinatra Says.

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The Real History of Baseball

Comedian Adam Sandler will have you rolling in the aisles with this gut-splitting version of the real history of baseball, aka Sticky McSchnickins, on Joe King’s video blog.

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Kiss Cam Fail

A girl dumped the contents of her soda cup onto her boyfriend at a Fresno Grizzlies baseball game last week when he was too busy talking on the phone to kiss her. This viral video shows the girl trying desperately to get her boyfriend’s attention when she saw that they were on the Kiss Cam. But after three failed attempts, she decided to throw her soda at him instead.

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Finding the Perfect Pitch

A motion analysis lab in New York City uses 2-D and 3-D video technology to research and improve the throwing motion of baseball pitchers. The Wall Street Journal’s Matthew Futterman visits the lab for answers about his short-lived pitching career.

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We’ll Miss You, Earl

Earl Weaver, one of the most successful and colorful managers in baseball history, died today, unsurprisingly from a heart attack. He was 82 and died on a Baltimore Orioles fantasy cruise in the Caribbean. He was one of the sport’s most brilliant tacticians and also boasted an acerbic wit, as evidenced in this X-rated tirade against an umpire. H/T iOwnTheWorld

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