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dennislawson
May 13, 20222 min read
The Hard "G"
He puts the hard "g" in "gifs". Look around you (not actually because that would be weird) and survey the BFIB digital landscape. Birds...
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dennislawson
Nov 15, 20218 min read
The Next Baseball Revolution Should Not Be Televised
MLB broadcasters explaining defensive runs saved and launch angle has reached "NFL announcers explaining the meaning of 'RPO' at least a...
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dennislawson
Oct 6, 20213 min read
The Worst NL Wild Card Preview Ever
Unless you live under a rock or get most of your sports information from Facebook, you probably know that the Dodgers are hosting the...
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dennislawson
Jul 30, 20216 min read
Gambler's Phallusy
The fallacy of the maturity of baseball chances is the belief that because your favorite team has lost more frequently than expected in...
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dennislawson
Jul 21, 20214 min read
It's A Shildt Show in St Louis
"Neither a seller or a buyer be." - Polonius (Hamlet - paraphrased beyond recognition but approved by Shakespeare during his most recent...
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dennislawson
Jun 23, 20215 min read
MLB Needs A Stimpmeter And A Lot Of Balls To Use It
A stimpmeter takes about 2 minutes to make, but does MLB have the balls to use it? If you aren't a golfer, then you probably don't know...
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dennislawson
Jun 15, 20213 min read
MLB Determined To Find Time To Enforce MLB Rules
The MLB crackdown on the use of foreign substances is akin to a cop watching for years as cars fly past his speed trap going 45 in a 35...
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dennislawson
Jun 1, 20216 min read
The Bullpen Is Sus
Ten members of the pitching staff have decided to play the new Sportsball Among Us map - Ballpark Village. Everyone is sus - especially...
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dennislawson
May 27, 20214 min read
Revised 2021 Promotions Schedule
If you are one of the 175,000,000 people on the mailing list, you receive regular emails from the St. Louis Cardinals Communications...
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dennislawson
May 25, 20213 min read
Mortgage The Future
If the Cardinals decide to effectively mortgage the future to make a run at the title this year, would you support the decision? They...
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dennislawson
May 21, 20213 min read
I Don't Use A VPN With MLBtv
Like many people, I thought about cutting the cord many, many times. Humans have a limited amount of mental bandwidth for consuming...
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dennislawson
May 18, 20215 min read
Parasocial Distancing
Parasocial interaction is a type of relationship created between a media consumer and a media personality based on limited interactions. ...
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dennislawson
May 12, 20213 min read
The COVID Competitive Imbalance
While the Cardinals were working to keep pace with the Giants for the best record in baseball, the Padres were adding to their already...
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dennislawson
May 11, 20215 min read
Viva Las Vegas Baseball
Rob Manfred recently suggested that the average MLB franchise's valuation is a good starting point for considering the expansion fee for...
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dennislawson
May 10, 20217 min read
Are You Not Entertained?
A recent tweet by @O3jfrye (found here) triggered some of the #LetThemHaveFun crowd which seems to exist for the sole purpose of...
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dennislawson
May 8, 20215 min read
The Accidental Fundraiser
We, a ragtag collection of BotB contributors and some social medial cohorts, accidentally created a fundraiser last night. Some may say...
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dennislawson
Nov 10, 20204 min read
Free Wong
The Cardinals waited.....and waited....and waited some more. Nothing. Then something. After the Cardinals finally unburdened themselves...
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dennislawson
May 8, 20201 min read
Einstein Baseball
You've got free time. I've got free time. In my free time I've adapted something attributed to Einstein into a brain teaser that could...
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dennislawson
Jan 9, 20205 min read
Why Do You Care About Cooperstown?
Seriously. Do you have some vested interest in the players that may or may not join an exclusive club of elite and semi-elite baseball...
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dennislawson
Dec 13, 20192 min read
Rob Manfred Hates Puppies
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred probably despises kittens, rainbows, and helping old ladies across the street. He just seems like the kind...
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