dante bichette's inferno

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local literary side-project. check it out, if you're so inclined.

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Dante Bichette, en Sportflics!

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Orel Hershiser, feeding the farm animals... or apparently a Pirates bat boy. Must be part of the Pirates boot camp routine.

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The Brady Anderson card following the season he hit 50 homers out of nowhere. Home Run Hero? I don't think anyone was too up in arms about any supposed PED use in 1996, so the lightyears-after-the-fact hypocrisy now leaves a bad taste.

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The rookie card of Armando Benitez, following his 0.90 ERA in ten innings career debut with the Orioles in 1994.

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Gary Sheffield Fun Facts:

Not really known for bunting

Four ~6 WAR seasons, all with different teams (Braves, Padres, Marlins, Dodgers)

Traded for probable Hall of Famers at least twice (Mike Piazza, Trevor Hoffman)

Crazy-good career 1475:1171 BB:K ratio.

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Looking back, the Dazzle Man wasn't as good as I thought he was when I was four, but that doesn't mean he couldn't do one of these.

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Wally Joyner School of Career Development: start off crazy-strong, then regress to league-average from 1988-1998 OR oh hey, the ball really was juiced in 1987!

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Andres Galarraga somehow struck out 2003 times to 583 career walks. The Big Cat was almost more likely to homer than take a free pass.

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I took a little offseason hiatus. Nothing happened over early winter, did it?

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Testament #1613 to the unpredictability of October baseball: Raul effin' Ibanez.

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The last time the Orioles were in the playoffs, Chris Hoiles performed the bulk of the catching duties.