The draft is next week and the verbage is picking up. There’s a great Keith Law piece on ESPN in which he calls this year’s top-shelf talent “subpar.” He goes on to say the strongest positions are corner infielders and, to a lesser degree, relief pitchers.
One of the reasons he gives for the subpar talent class […]

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Korea Beat, as part of a new cross-posting venture with Feet Man Seoul, a site dedicated to street fashion in Seoul, has translated a story on the rising popularity of calf-reducing surgery for women who want slimmer legs.
Obviously, many women want to have slim legs, but it’s taking care of your calves that is especially […]

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EWC readers interested in baseball mechanics and scouting should be prepared to spend far too much time at Chris O’ Leary’s “The Pitching Mechanic”. O’Leary has assembled a comprehensive site breaking down the mechanics of Major League Pitchers past and present–from all-time greats like Nolan Ryan to ‘trainwrecks’ (pitchers with a high injury risk) […]

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