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Column: MLB's playoff format is penalizing top seeds with all that time off
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MLB playoff expansion: Purist argument doesn't make sense
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My Unlikely Writing Teacher: Pedro Martinez - The New York Times
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Column: MLB's playoff format is penalizing top seeds with all that time off - Newsday
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José Fernández, Josh Johnson & the best Marlins pitchers of last decade - Fish Stripes
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CATCH OF THE YEAR?!?” - Twitter reacts to New York Mets fan making a barehanded grab of a home run ball while clutching his child in other arm
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Column: MLB's playoff format is penalizing top seeds with all that time off - Newsday
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Nick Nastrini: Stronger Than Ever! - Dodgers Daily
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MLB playoffs: Pitching trends, oddities, impact of new format - Sports Illustrated
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Little League World Series player mashes home run, delivers epic bat flip, hits the griddy
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MASN's Kevin Frandsen mock Pete Alonso, Mets over beanings