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Justin Upton

Cheering for a Losing Team

http://gty.im/599797320 It was your typical unexciting midweek baseball game in August. Only a handful of fans gathered at Nationals Park to see the Nationals play a team with the worst record in baseball. Dansby Swanson, former number one draft pick , darling of the Braves organization and the future of the franchise, lined a pitch deep to the…
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MLB Outlook: No Playoffs Déjà vu in 2016?

http://gty.im/495488772 Since the 2012 adoption of the new wildcard system, ten teams make the playoffs on a yearly basis. The St. Louis Cardinals are the only team to have made the playoffs in each of these four years, and it seems fitting that the Cardinals played in the inaugural National League single game wildcard playoff game. In those four…
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