Author: Michael

The thing about being a pro athlete is that you hit retirement way sooner than most of us mere civilians. So, you’ve got to find something to occupy your time once you hang ’em up, and for ex-Big League ace Pedro Martinez, one of those things is gardening.
If that made you say, “Wait; the Pedro Martinez who threw elderly Don Zimmer to the ground?!” that was my reaction as well.
“I have three babies,” Martinez told The New York Post, and yes, he is speaking of gardens.

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If I had told you back in August that, come mid-October, the Alabama Crimson Tide would be 5-1 and sitting just outside the top five while the Florida State Seminoles were 3-3 and reeling after a third consecutive conference loss, you probably wouldn’t have batted an eyelash.
However, many fans after the first week of the season were feeling quite the opposite after FSU dominated Bama on both lines of scrimmage in their August 30 showdown in Tallahassee.
Since then, though, the fortunes of these two proud college football programs have gone in completely opposite directions.

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There’s a hidden game going on in Major League Baseball these days. And it’s already made a difference in the outcome of at least one MLB playoff game. 
An article from The Athletic looked at the importance and rapid proliferation of teams researching opposing pitchers to look for potential tells and pitch tipping. “They’re not just finding it in the game,” Seattle Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert told them. “They’re finding it before you even go on the mound.

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