EWC: How was your week?
Gary: I just got activated to the major league roster. I got the hint from coaches and other teams that I’ve been getting the short end of the stick with my opportunity to play. I’ve only been in 50% of the games this year — the coach of one team even [...]

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I have a new toy. Inspired by the work of Rays clipmaster David Chalk I put myself on the waiting list for a RedLasso account. After what seemed like an eternity it arrived today, enabling me to not only make clips of things that many will have absolutely no interest in, but put them on [...]

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I haven’t read it, but there’s a new book out called The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom that I’d like to get my hands on at some point. It chronicles the life of Sinologist Joseph Needham (1900-1995), who wrote Science and [...]

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If you were at all intrigued by my report on the debut of Daniel, (who says he prefers to be called Danny Ray) Herrera — the Reds 5 ft. 7 in. reliever who tops out at 85 and throws a screwball — then you’ll be fascinated by this breakdown by Mike Fast of The Hardball [...]

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