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Zambrano: Blevins ‘Lucky’ to Retire Me
While players are expected via the unwritten rules to refrain from slamming each other in the press, this particular piece of Code can offer wild entertainment when ignored. Jerry Blevins and Carlos...
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War of Words Brews in Motown Following Valverde’s Dramatics
Valverde in action, back when he was with the Diamondbacks. We got a Code twofer this weekend, with on-field actions drawing a response that is itself governed by baseball’s unwritten rules. It started...
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Phillips: Cardinals are ‘Little Bitches’; Cardinals: 7-3 Victory
If Brandon Phillips’ isn’t Jonathan Sanchez’s newest favorite person, he should be. Sanchez, the Giants’ No. 4 starter, let his mouth run loose on Sunday, when he guaranteed that his team would sweep...
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A Dark Day for Baseball Etiquette in Cincinnati, Pretty Much All Around
This is what can happen when a player utters even a syllable too many about his opponent. (Though to be fair to the Cardinals, “little bitches” is a full four syllables.) A day after forgetting to use...
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For a Good Time, Please Don’t Call Mike Napoli
Wilson and Napoli during happier times. Usually, pitchers can unbunch their panties via well-placed fastballs aimed at or near the player responsible for said bunching. It’s time-honored and it’s...
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Oakland’s One Clap is One Too Many for Some Members of the Yankees
When one plays for the Yankees, who not so long ago were cruising toward the playoffs but who suddenly find themselves desperately trying to keep the Orioles at bay, one can get touchy during the...
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Rays, Red Sox Bring Battle Online
In June, the Red Sox and Rays got into it when John Lackey drilled Matt Joyce. Last year they got into it when Franklin Morales drilled Luke Scott (among multiple confrontations during a long Memorial...
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Pham, Bam, Thank You Ma’am: Cards Slugger Upset Over Cub Comments, HBP (Maybe...
Losing to the Cubs offers indignities aplenty for St. Louis. Yielding the pennant-clinching victory to Chicago, as the Cardinals did on Wednesday, is downright mortifying. Doing so at home only makes...
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Hurdle Frustrated by Baez’s Frustration, Word Battle Ensues
And here I was, thinking that the new world order had been firmly established. The Puig-ization of baseball, wherein players can more freely express themselves on the field—usually in the form of bat...
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