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When a Player Can’t Play The finals of the 2022 Serie Nacional de Béisbol season started this past week. While it was appointment viewing for me, it turns out it wasn’t an appointment one very important Cocodrilos de Matanzas player could keep. Yadir Drake is about as important to the Matanzas lineup as anyone could […]

Posted on June 27, 2022June 23, 2022 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Yadir Drake, on the left, and Erisbel Arruebarrena, on the right, have powered Algodoneros de Guasave to contention.
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In professional wrestling there has been a tried and true tag team formula for years now; the compatriots. Sometimes this means two partners from the same nation who play into their patriotism, while at others it means two partners from separate countries who play into a weird sort of joint patriotism. More often than not […]

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ligamexbeis Liga Mexicana de Beisbol @ligamexbeis ·
August 16, 2022

¡Tito Polo mandó esa pelota hasta Colombia! 🇨🇴💪⚾️👊

Grand slam del cañonero cafetero y con rally de siete carreras en la fatídica séptima entrada los Tigres rugen rumbo a la Serie de Zona 🐅

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August 16, 2022

2018 MLB Home Run King | 48
ALPB 💣 leader last 3 weeks | 8

📸: Addison Jarecki/ @jareckiar

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August 16, 2022

Knew it was coming, but still sucks that the Y'alls have to punt on this season.

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