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For MLB Teams It Pays To Be Second In Brazilian Player Development

Last month OC Register writer Pedro Moura published an elucidative three-part (one, two and three) series on professional baseball in Brazil. I was drawn to it by a podcast he did to follow-up on the piece with Grantland’s revered baseball scribe, Jonah Keri. In the podcast while referring to the Tampa Bay Rays’ presence in […]

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You Can Be Neymar In Nike’s Latest Virtual Reality Ad

Nike took the old idiom “walk a mile in the other person’s shoes” to a completely literal level for the their latest advertisement for the new Hypervenom Phantom II soccer cleats. Preferably using Google Cardboard, but also just your smartphone, Nike has created a virtual reality advertisement starring Brazilian forward Neymar Jr. Merely open up […]

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