Author: Michael

Living through the MLB trade deadline can be a headache for players. Jim Leyritz, once an MLB journeyman, shared a story about an almost divine intervention leading up to MLB’s trade deadline in 1999 when a luckless team wanted to acquire him.
The former Yankees player joined OutKick’s Hot Mic with Jonathan Hutton and Chad Withrow on Tuesday, ahead of the league’s trade deadline.
In every trade season, well-known players are targeted, and Leyritz was once a frequently traded asset, which is all part of the business.

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We hadn’t heard much from podcaster Dan Le Batard since he defended Deadspin for falsely framing a 9-year-old child for wearing blackface earlier this year. 
But he’s back in the news, this time crowning LeBron James the modern-day Muhammad Ali.
“I don’t think we understand how unfair we’ve been to excellence over the last twenty years,” Le Batard said this week about the decision to select James as flag bearer for Team USA at the Paris Olympics.
“With social media mocking people, he was always chasing Michael, always chasing Michael.

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