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Saluting Sean Doolittle, one of the good onesThere’s a fixation in sports media and society at large to focus on the negative. When you’re watching the nightly news, they’ll never lead with how a crossing guard helped hundreds of kids not get hit by a car. It’ll be about the accident up the street. And you can bet they’ll run the tape of somet...

CM Punk never lets us downFor the second straight time that All Elite Wrestling’s weekly flagship television show, Dynamite, was held in Texas, CM Punk, arguably the company’s biggest star, wore a t-shirt to support abortion rights. ...

Who would win? Pitchers or position players?Baseball is wacky nowadays. Just a few nights ago we watched Tampa Bay outfielder Brett Phillips pitch to reigning AL MVP Shohei Ohtani. The very next day, Ohtani was on the mound pitching to Phillips. When was the last time something like that happened? We’ve got a universal DH now. This stuff shou...

Novak Djokovic threw a temper tantrum for the ages

Novak Djokovic has effectively chosen to remain unvaccinated over his bid to break the men’s Grand Slam singles record. That may not have been his aim, but his choice nonetheless has consequences....

MLB secretly used two different types of baseballs last season, according to report

Can’t we go six months without a scandal in Major League Baseball? Just six months. That’s all I’m asking for....

This is Going Great: Where MLB Stands with COVID [UPDATED]

When last we left our intrepid MLB, it was crowing about getting guys into summer camp (sponsored by Camping World!) and making a naked bid to get Domino’s Pizza to sponsor their health “plan.”...

MLB'S Testing Plan Is Thorough, But Does It Pass The Doolittle Test?

While there are certainly many miles of financial sparring between MLB owners and players to get through before the league can return to play, issues rooted in the players’ concerns over safety. While a good portion, if not all, being the players’ anger over the owners reneging on a deal they made i...

With Baseball’s Sharpest Coronavirus Takes, Sean Doolittle Goes A Long Way

The idea that Sean Doolittle wouldn’t want to play baseball is one of the most ridiculous notions that anyone could come up with, and completely ignorant of the path the Washington Nationals reliever took in his career....