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Take Me Back to the Ball Game?

“Take me out to the ball game…. Buy me some peanuts and crackerjack. I don’t care if I ever come back!” Opening Day. It’s tomorrow.  Yet I’m nauseous. And, it isn’t from peanuts and Cracker Jack–it’s betting. It has infused the game.  The number one story on ESPN.com today isn’t

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The Cost of a Great Manager

The Chicago Cubs “requested” their extremely well-liked manager, David Ross, to vacate his job on Monday. His boss, Jed Hoyer, flew to Ross’s home in

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