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Our weekly look at some of the best and most interesting things I've seen over the last 7 days
TIGER TALES
Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci penned a terrific piece about the Princeton roots shared by the 2 World Series general managers, Mike Hazen of the D-Backs and Chris Young of the Rangers.
“I WOULDN’T EVEN LAST A WEEK”
Bob Klapisch of New Jersey Advanced Media caught up with Davey Johnson, who is one of 8 former managers, executives and umpires on the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Contemporary Baseball Era Committee’s ballot for election in 2024. JoHnson shares some memories as well as some thoughts on the state of today’s game.
MLB’S GAMBLE
While this Darren Rovell piece for Action Network focusses on the NBA, it’s makes you realize the scrutiny Major League Baseball official scorers could be under as prop bets continue to gain in popularity and MLB leans heavily into gambling partnerships.
AGGRESIVE DISCIPLINE
David Adler of MLB.com describes post-season hero Corey Seager’s “aggressive discipline.”
MANFRED SPEAKS
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred discussed a plan to reassess the playoff format, the Athletics’ potential move to Las Vegas and many other issues impacting the game during a press conference prior to the beginning of the World Series.
ICYMI
In case you didn’t check out VFTB daily, here’s what you missed this past week:
We continued our 10 Burning Questions series by wondering how much the new Marlins head of baseball operations will have to spend in 20224.
I asked 13 industry insiders how they’d respond if offered the chance to replace Kim Ng.
A pre-Game 1 World Series notebook.
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