Javier Vasquez says that his trade from the ChiSox to the Braves won’t stop him from representing Puerto Rico in the 2009 Classic.
The annual Claxton Shield Tournament–in its 75th year–begins this week Down Under with nearly 50 players who’ve played professionally in the U.S. at one time or another. They’ll be competing for national [...]

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I recently finished reading, and when I say reading I mean listening, to a fascinating book called The Culture Code: An Ingenious Way to Understand Why People Around the World Live and Buy as They Do.
The author is a marketing consultant and psychoanalyst named Clotaire Rapaille. He’s French, but he’s lived in the U.S. for [...]

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I usually find the hoopla surrounding Hall of Fame entries to be kind of boring, but I have a feeling the buildup — right through the induction speech — with Rickey Henderson is going to be a lot of fun. Check out The Definitive Rickey Henderson: The 25 Best Stories of “Rickey Being Rickey.”
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