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Baseball Best-Sellers, November 11, 2022

November 11, 2022

A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast […]

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Calling the language police (Willie Mays documentary)

October 31, 2022

Did you know that Willie Mays “outed over 7,000 opponents while playing center field”? I didn’t realize there were that many gay players. Seriously, the writer of this piece on Collider.com about the forthcoming HBO documentary, Say Hey, Willie Mays! has some work to do. Other than this very specific usage, I have never seen “out” […]

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