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Posts By Michael Baumann
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5.1K48Odds And EndsMoratoria
There aren’t very many things I don’t feel comfortable talking about. There’s the saying about how you don’t talk about politics, religion,...
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3.2K28PostsMother Mayberry I?
So after that Johnny Damon debacle, I concede defeat. As it turns out, it cost $8 million for a year of Johnny...
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7.0K101PayrollYou’d Best Just Shoot Me Now–Or We Can Talk Some More
Please excuse a brief non-Phillies related anecdote to start. I promise, I’ll tie it in later. In the 1970s, English soccer manager...
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4.5K44CommentaryWhom Can We Trust?
I’m not that easily shocked, but something happened to me Wednesday night that I think bears repeating here. I was at a...
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3.2K332009 Year in ReviewYear In Review: Pedro Martinez
You’d have to go back a long time to find a pitcher in Phillies pinstripes who had a better career resume than...
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The Total WAR Project, Part IV: St. Louis Cardinals
One sentence introducing you to this format. While at The Phrontiersman, I identified the ten teams that pose the greatest threat to...
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If I Were a Las Vegas Sportsbook
Greetings. You probably don’t know who I am, so let me take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Michael Baumann,...
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The Total WAR Project, Part III: The Colorado Rockies
Around 60 or 61 A.D., the Romans were colonizing the British Isles, they encountered resistance from an indigenous tribe called the Iceni...
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The Total WAR Project, Part I: Atlanta Braves
One of the great 20th-century proponents of Total War, Curtis LeMay, advocated a nuclear version of total war (should it come to...
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The Total WAR Project: Prologue
For the first time in my life, I’d be shocked if the Phillies didn’t make the World Series. I mean, they’ve won...
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