The Tailgate Society

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Tag: MLB

  • To Belong in Sports

    To Belong in Sports

    Baseball has long been “my sport.” I drag a large group of friends to a game once a summer or I frequently go by myself and keep score. I’ve gone to ballparks while on vacation. I had an MLB.tv subscription so I could watch baseball every day, even though my favorite team was always blacked […]

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  • How To Not Be Romantic About Baseball

    How To Not Be Romantic About Baseball

    The Braves and the Astros are in my ear, and I should be feeling the pull of nostalgia hearing Joe Buck’s voice between the sounds of the game. It is October and the World Series has started and here is my childhood favorite team back for the first time since 1999 and yet I feel […]

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  • Minor League Shakeup: Best Team Names

    Minor League Shakeup: Best Team Names

    Minor League Baseball’s restructuring became official last week with the announcement that 120 teams had signed Player Development Licenses with Major League franchises. There’s no question that the change in MiLB is devastating to dozens of communities and hundreds of employees and players who will no longer have the same opportunities in places like Clinton, […]

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  • Sports & Corks 2.21: Basketball and Soccer and Hockey, Oh My

    Sports & Corks 2.21: Basketball and Soccer and Hockey, Oh My

    So many sports. Most of the squad makes an appearance this week, the WNBA, NBA, NWSL, MLS, NASCAR, NHL and MLB are all back or close to it. Emily and Emily give a quick rundown of all the happenings. They of course have hot takes, wine picks and a feel good bigger than sports moment.  […]

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  • TGS 2020 MLB Preview

    TGS 2020 MLB Preview

    Better late than never, right? Nearly four months later than expected, the 2020 MLB season is about to begin. The season’s first pitch will take place Thursday, July 23, at Nationals Park, when the New York Yankees visit the defending World Series champions in Washington D.C. Most teams will begin play the next day. A […]

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  • N-E-T-S Nets Nets Nets!

    N-E-T-S Nets Nets Nets!

    Earlier this year, ESPN’s Outside the Lines released a report that a woman died in August 2018 after being struck by a foul ball at a Los Angeles Dodgers game. The story was shared in the TGS Slack baseball channel and we all had the same reaction: “Oh my god, did you know about this?” […]

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  • Introducing “Matinee Baseball”

    Introducing “Matinee Baseball”

    If you love baseball, or movies, or perhaps even just nostalgia, this podcast will help you get through the dog days of summer and the baseball season.

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  • Javier Baez Is Having An MVP Season, Will He Be The MVP?

    Javier Baez Is Having An MVP Season, Will He Be The MVP?

    The MVP talk is starting to heat up and somehow Javier Baez finds himself right in the middle of it. You look in every direction of any Chicago sports media, Baez is there. He is exceeding most expectations of his young career thus far this season but is it good enough to be the NL […]

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  • Kiké Hernandez is awesome

    Kiké Hernandez is awesome

    Enrique Hernandez is a super-utility player for the Los Angeles Dodgers. For starters, he’s awesome for going by “Kiké” instead.

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  • Mount Rushmore: The Little Things About Baseball

    Mount Rushmore: The Little Things About Baseball

    America’s Pastime has a lot of charm. There are old, quirky ballparks and rain delay antics.

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