Athletics Designate Angel Perdomo For Assignment

[ad_1] The Athletics announced that left-hander Angel Perdomo has been designated for assignment.  Right-hander J.T. Ginn was called up from Triple-A in the corresponding roster move, and Ginn will get the start today against the Mets in West Sacramento. Perdomo has only been in West Sacramento for two weeks, after the A’s claimed him off…

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How Record Store Day Became The Stupidest Day In Music

[ad_1] Like all worthwhile endeavours, the (semi)annual celebration of independent record store culture called Record Store Day started with an idea. Specifically, it started with a dashed-off email with a subject line reading, simply, “idea.” “[I]t could be a national event that drives people to indie stores,” Chris Brown, of Portland, Maine-based indie retailer Bull…

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A Close Call In Next Year’s Free Agent Class

[ad_1] MLBTR will release our first Power Rankings of the upcoming free agent class in the next few days. Ordering starting pitchers is often the most challenging part of that process. Next winter’s class has a few of those tricky calls — perhaps none closer than Zac Gallen versus Michael King. Gallen certainly has the longer…

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