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Jerry Seinfeld voice: “What’s the deal with backs???”

That’s a great question, Jerry. What IS the deal with backs? Because we have a lot of back injuries to discuss in this week’s edition of Razzball Ambulance Chasers (sponsored by Aleve). And by a lot of back injuries, I mean almost half of the notable injuries this week are back injuries. Please, blog, may I have some more?

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See all of today’s starting lineups

# MLB Starting Lineups For Thu 8/21
ATH | BAL | BOS | CHC | COL | HOU | KC | LAD | MIL | MIN | NYM | NYY | SD | SF | STL | TB | TEX | WSH | ARI | ATL | CHW | CIN | CLE | DET | LAA | MIA | OAK | PHI | PIT | SEA | TOR

Life’s full of the unexpected; that weather event like a tornado or hurricane that upends your life, that car accident, the medical diagnosis. On the flip (or less grim) side, the unexpected good deed from a stranger paying it forward, that gesture from a friend or loved one that changes the direction of your day, or that acquaintance of mine that just won $1 million from a $20 scratch-off lottery ticket. Please, blog, may I have some more?

I’ve always been fascinated by garage sales, Storage Wars, and Antique Roadshow. All have stories of people discovering treasure in what many assume to be trash. Some may be in plain sight while others were buried under something. A little cleaning and digging sometimes makes it all worth it, although the probabilities are low that winning lotto tickets are discovered. Please, blog, may I have some more?

The 2024 Major League Baseball season is about 10 weeks old (a third of the way done!), which means we finally have meaningful numbers that count to start evaluating our fantasy squads. With only 27 weeks in the fantasy baseball season, even a few weeks of information should help guide us to decisions about who deserves a valuable roster spot on our teams and who deserves the bench or deserves to be cut. Please, blog, may I have some more?

Been a downbeat week around the fantasy game. Nobody likes to see a star like Ronald Acuña Jr. lose another season to injury. Baseball is just a tick less interesting today. For our game, there’s not much one can do to replace an Acuña. In a 15-teamer where I’ve gotten off to a fast start and am in first place, I traded Kodai Senga, Landon Knack and Abimelec Ortiz for Brandon Nimmo. He’s not going to approximate Acuña, but he should fill an outfield spot and help me hold down the Runs category. He’s batting third this season and is on pace for his best RBI season by a long ways, even as his batting average has tumbled. He’s painting the statcast bars red, and his career outcomes suggest he’s got upside in the batting average category. Now I just need to replace a few dozen stolen bases. No big deal, right?