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Andy McCullough
@ByMcCullough
Senior writer, @TheAthletic. Author of THE LAST OF HIS KIND. Working on a second book. It won’t be out for a while.
New York.
Joined April 2009
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    THE LAST OF HIS KIND is out in paperback today. It includes a new epilogue about the 2024 Dodgers season. I am biased, but I think it's a good book. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-mc… And we’re still doing bookplates: Send an email to ByMcCullough at gmail dot com.
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    The Dodgers have announced that Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start Game 8
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    Shohei Ohtani on Babe Ruth: “Obviously, I’ve never seen him play live.”
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    If you had "Joe Kelly" as "First Player Disciplined In The Fallout From The 2017 Astros Scandal," come collect your winnings
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    Rich Hill was very unhappy with Yuli Gurriel's gesture to Yu Darvish in Game 3. Hill stepped off the mound so the fans could boo more.
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    Nick Castellanos said he did not know the kid he threw the baseball to was the kid who dropped Brandon Marsh’s home run. He had no idea. “Maybe there are no accidents,” he said. The Philadelphia Phillies may well be a Team of Destiny.
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    Rich Hill on stepping off to let the crowd boo Yuli Gurriel: “That was my silent gesture” to condemn Gurriel’s insult toward Yu Darvish.
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    Mike Trout declined to comment on whether Joc Pederson violated the rules of the fantasy league. He said he is unsure if he’ll resign as commissioner for this coming season. “Every commissioner I know gets booed,” he said.
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    Patriots haven't won a playoff game since they arrested Rich Hill
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    Liam Hendriks, on Josh Donaldson's explanation for what he said to Tim Anderson: "Usually you have inside jokes with people you get along with -- not people who don't get along at all. So that statement right there was complete bullshit."
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    I asked Walker Buehler whose idea it was for him to pitch tonight. "I'll give you one guess," he said. What a riveting ending to the baseball season.
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    The amount of exhaustion, despair and anger I’m hearing from people around baseball — people who have dedicated their lives to this industry — is remarkable. The owners are breaking the spirits of the people who run their businesses.
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    Cody Bellinger: "I don't think it's a hassle to wear a mask. If your breath stinks, it sucks. But it just means you brush your teeth a little more."
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    Justin Turner torched Rob Manfred’s description of Commissioner’s Trophy. “The only thing devaluing it right now is the fact that is says ‘Commissioner’ on it. It’s just unbelievable. Is he that out of touch with our game, that those are his comments?”