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Dallas Braden: Weekly Pitcher’s Spotlight

May 10, 2015

American League, American League West, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Milestone, Oakland Athletics

This week's spotlight is a throwback to former Oakland Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden. With today being Mother's Day, Braden has one of the most memorable pitching performances back on Mother's Day 2010 where ...

Happy Mother’s Day: A Baseball Anecdote

Gabriel Bogart

May 10, 2015

Baseball History, Features

For most men, the mainstream narrative is that they learned baseball from their fathers. That sun-soaked, nearly-saccharine game of catch in the backyard with their dad. Dad taking them to games and teaching th...

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Dallas Braden: Weekly Pitcher’s Spotlight

Happy Mother’s Day: A Baseball Anecdote