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Good morning everyone! Here's the latest from a strange week in baseball:
- The Indianapolis Indians, a Triple-A team, has banned peanuts in the ballpark.
- Dave Cameron notices that the change-of-pace rules have actually been shortening games.
- Rumor has it Josh Hamilton sent a video of himself hitting to the Rangers during Spring Training.
- In case you haven't noticed, there's a rookie second baseman who's been getting quite a bit of attention in Toronto (a player who last season was compared to Kyle Seager).
- Owen Watson of Fangraphs analyzes the changes Sonny Gray made between last season and this season.
- A 17-year veteran of the Navy recently made his first start as a college pitcher.
- The Rays-Orioles series has been moved from Baltimore to Tampa Bay, but the Orioles will still play as the home team.
- Rodger Sherman provides pictures inside the stadium of the zero-attendance White Sox-Orioles game.
- Grant Brisbee dissects the happenings of the empty-stadium game.
- Masahiro Tanaka has hit the disabled list again.
- Scary moment for Diamondbacks' starter Archie Bradley, who was hit in the face by a line drive.
- Gerald Schifman of The Hardball Times tests an interesting observation: does eye color impact how well players do during the day vs. at night?
- Update: Mune is still Mune.