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reeselivesforeverinmyheart · 6 years

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Jim Caviezel porträtiert Kansas City Royals Trainer Dale Sveum

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virgogear0-blog · 5 years

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Player Has Fun, Soft Babies Can’t Handle It and Throw Stones

The White Sox and Royals were involved in quite a dustup yesterday, which then reverberated around baseball, and brought back up the age old questions of how much pimping is too much pimping, and what retaliation – if any – is appropriate.

White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson crushed one off of Royals starter Brad Keller, and celebrated thusly:

A lot for that particular moment at this point in the season? It’s a pretty standard home run, so yeah, even I would agree that was a bit much. Gotta save something for the big dingers. In my mind, though, the response should be to have a discussion about whether that was too much, whether Anderson therefore looked silly in this instance, or whether there was context there that we didn’t know about.

The response shouldn’t be that the next pitch he sees is chucked at him:

As White Sox broadcaster Jason Benetti put it:

The Royals, of course, were supportive of the decision to throw a rock at a batter because their feelings were hurt by his bat flip (MLB.com): “When you do something like that [a bat flip],” Royals third baseman Hunter Dozier said, “you kinda know you’re going to get hit. Once you get hit, just deal with it. Go to first. That’s my take on it. Keller did the right thing. He aimed for the lower body. Hit him. It should just be like ‘OK, go to first and move on.’”

It’s amazing how sometimes a pitcher can’t even throw one in the entire strike zone, but when it comes time to plunk a batter, suddenly he’s William effing Tell.

Royals bench coach – and former Cubs manager – Dale Sveum blamed the scuffle on Anderson for not just taking his base: “I’m an old-school guy and if you just take your base, everything will be fine.” MLB should really think about what Sveum is saying here.

Oh, but by the way, the pitch was TOTALLY an accident:

For his part, Tim Anderson is not apologizing for having fun:

… and calling out dopes:

The craziest thing is people talking about respecting the game and acting like they’ve done it before and drilling batters … because they’re so soft that they can’t handle a guy flipping his bat after a homer. Toughen up. Worry more about your next pitch to the guy and less about the last crappy pitch of yours that he obliterated.

In the end, I think Reds pitcher Amir Garrett put it perfectly:

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Source: https://www.bleachernation.com/2019/04/18/player-has-fun-soft-babies-cant-handle-it-and-throw-stones/

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kansascityhappenings · 5 years

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Royals pitcher Brad Keller suspended 5 games, White Sox’s Anderson, Renteria 1 each

NEW YORK — Kansas City Royals pitcher Brad Keller has been suspended for five games by Major League Baseball.

The league concluded he intentionally threw a pitch that hit Tim Anderson of the Chicago White Sox this week.

Anderson was suspended one game for his actions after benches cleared, and Chicago manager Rick Renteria was suspended for one game for aggressive actions. All three were fined Friday by Chief Baseball Officer Joe Torre.

Renteria was to serve his suspension during Friday night’s game at Detroit. Keller and Anderson may appeal their discipline.

Anderson chucked his bat toward Chicago’s dugout while admiring his two-run homer Wednesday, and Keller hit him in the buttocks with his first pitch leading off the sixth.

Anderson was quickly restrained by Kansas City catcher Martin Maldonado but jawed with Keller on his way to first base. The dugouts and bullpens emptied, though no punches appeared to be thrown. White Sox manager Rick Renteria and Royals bench coach Dale Sveum shoved each other, and the usually mild-mannered Renteria was particularly animated.

Anderson, Keller, Renteria and Sveum were ejected.

The Royals went on to defeat the White Sox on Wednesday in a 10-inning 4-3 win.

from FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports https://fox4kc.com/2019/04/19/royals-pitcher-brad-keller-suspended-5-games-white-soxs-anderson-renteria-1-each/

from Kansas City Happenings https://kansascityhappenings.wordpress.com/2019/04/19/royals-pitcher-brad-keller-suspended-5-games-white-soxs-anderson-renteria-1-each/

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goalhofer · 5 years

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2019 Kansas City Royals Roster

Pitchers

#26 Brad Boxberger (Santa Ana, California)

#28 Jorge Lopez (Cayey, Puerto Rico)

#31 Ian Kennedy (Westminster, California)

#32 Jesse Hahn (Groton, Connecticut)

#33 Brian Flynn (Owasso, Oklahoma)

#34 Trevor Oaks (Riverside, California)

#40 Jake Diekman (Wymore, Nebraska)

#41 Danny Duffy (Vandenberg Village, California)

#43 Wily Peralta (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

#45 Kyle Zimmer (La Jolla, California)

#51 Chris Ellis (Hoover, Alabama)

#53 Eric Skoglund (Sarasota, Florida)

#54 Tim Hill (Sylmar, California)

#56 Brad Keller (Flowery Branch, Georgia)

#58 Scott Barlow (Santa Clarita, California)

#61 Kevin McCarthy (Uniondale, New York)

#65 Jakob Junis (Rock Falls, Illinois)

Catchers

#13 Salvador Perez (Valencia, Venezuela)

#16 Martin Maldonado (Naguabo, Puerto Rico)

#36 Cam Gallagher (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)

Infielders

#2 Chris Owings (Gilbert, South Carolina)

#9 Lucas Duda (Riverside, California)

#15 Whit Merrifield (Mocksville, North Carolina)

#17 Hunter Dozier (Denton, Texas)

#25 Frank Schwindel (Livingston, New Jersey)

#27 Adalberto Mondesi (Los Angeles, California)

#66 Ryan O’Hearn (Frisco, Texas)

Outfielders

#0 Terrance Gore (Gray, Georgia)

#4 Alex Gordon (Lincoln, Nebraska)

#6 Billy Hamilton (Taylorsville, Mississippi)

#12 Jorge Soler (Havana, Cuba)

Coaches

Manager Ned Yost (Eureka, California)

Bench coach Dale Sveum (Pinole, California)

First base coach Mitch Maier (Petoskey, Michigan)

Third base coach Mike Jerschele (Clintonville, Wisconsin)

Hitting coach Terry Bradshaw (Windsor, Virginia)

Pitching coach Cal Eldred (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

Bullpen coach Vance Wilson (Mesa, Arizona)

Bullpen catcher Ryan Eigsti (Scottsdale, Arizona)

Catching coach Pedro Grifol (Miami, Florida)

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samali1-blog · 6 years

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Brewers draft Brice Turang with first pick

MILWAUKEE — The first Draft pick in Brewers franchise history was a shortstop, though Gorman Thomas would make his Major League mark in the outfield. Four years later in 1973, the Brewers used their top pick on another prep shortstop in Robin Yount. Paul Molitor (’77), Dale Sveum (’82), B.J. Surhoff (’85), Gary Sheffield (’86) and Bill Spiers (’87) were all drafted as shortstops and rose to the…

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junker-town · 6 years

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The unwritten rules of using a position player to pitch ... when you’re winning big

It seems obvious, but it looks like we’ve discovered a final frontier.

Position players pitched in 34 games in 2017, which is the most ever. It broke the previous record of 27 position players pitching, which was set in 2015. The third-most mound appearances by a position player came in 2016. Here, have a graph:

It’s a trend, and it’s not going away any time soon. With Ryan LaMarre pitching for the Twins on Monday night, eight position players have pitched so far in the 2018 season. We’re still in April. Is this the year we get 50 position players appearing on the mound? Will the Giants and Angels finally hop on the fun train?

The reason for the spike is simple: Pitchers are getting hurt more often, and using a position player for an inning helps keep the real pitchers from overextending themselves.

... the position-player pitcher is here to prevent injury and fatigue, not create it, and it’s a trend that’s going strong and makes too much sense to go away. While baseball is cyclical and this could go the way of the stolen base, there’s very little risk to go with the measurable reward of keeping your bullpen fresh.

It’s fun to watch position players pitch, just like it’s fun to watch Kenny Mayne on Dancing With the Stars, but the real benefit comes with pitchers not having to throw unnecessary innings. Almost every team agrees this is a worthwhile goal, and considering the alternative is a dumb mercy rule, it’s a trend that we should all support. When there’s a blowout, use your position players to pitch.

As long as you’re losing.

You can’t do it if you’re up by 15 runs.

Even if you really want to keep your bullpen fresh.

That’s just not how things are done.

It’s not written down, per se, but it’s against ...

Well, it’s against the ...

Ah, yes, the unwritten rules. For some reason, I assumed that position players pitched in blowouts for both sides. More often for the losing team, certainly — if the winning team is pitching well enough to not get blown out, their starting pitcher is probably giving them some innings — but I figured that every so often, a team up by 20 would use a position player to avoid wasting a fresh arm.

This doesn’t happen, though. Position players have pitched in wins, but they’re the kind of accidental wins that require close attention. John Baker got a writeup that included Vines (RIP), Chris Davis was lauded for one of the nastier changeups of the year, and Brent Mayne got an entire danged feature 15 years later. Wilson Valdez pitched, and Jeff Sullivan wrote about it glowingly. Austin Romine pitched last year for a third of an inning in a close game so that he could complete a play-every-position stunt.

But a player pitching in a blowout for the winning team? Hasn’t happened in a while. If you want to get technical, it hasn’t happened for 98 years.

It’s hard to sift through the list of position players pitching in a win because it’s a genre that Baseball-Reference isn’t built for. That means that Brooks Kieschnick, Rick Ankiel, and, yes, Shohei Ohtani show up in the Play Index results. Erv Dusak wasn’t a position player pitching in an 18-2 blowout, for example; he was a reliever who had recently converted to pitching, and he happened to appear in a blowout.

The last time a position player entered as a reliever when his team was well ahead — at least, as far as I can tell, no refunds — was October 3, 1920. With the St. Louis Browns leading the Chicago White Sox, 16-7, the Browns sent George Sisler in to pitch. The Hall of Famer, who hit .340 for his career, was apparently keen on giving the crowd at Sportsman’s Park a laugh on the last day of the season, and I would guess the White Sox were fine with it. Sisler had just set the all-time record for hits in a season (257), which would stand for another 84 years, and he was one of the biggest stars in the game.

That’s what it takes for a position player to pitch in a blowout that his team was winning. Apologies if I’m being obtuse, but I wasn’t aware of this unwritten rule. And when an unwritten rule flutters by my nose, I want to catch it in a net, pin it, and study it under a microscope.

Again, the reason behind the trend of position players pitching is to keep bullpens fresh. Not to keep bullpens fresh when you’re losing, necessarily. That shouldn’t be a part of the equation. The goal should be to waste a utility player’s bullets instead of an actual, valuable member of a bullpen, regardless of who’s winning or losing. Keep players healthy and happy, that’s my motto. Or it would be if anyone would hire me as a manager.

Instead, there are two things going on. The first is the aforementioned context, in which a team winning 20-3 is probably a team that got six or seven innings out of its starting pitcher. And every team usually has a mop-up guy who can get the last two or three innings of a game when needed. There really aren’t a lot of reasons to use a position player in that situation, not when everyone can perform their assigned role just fine.

The second reason why this doesn’t happen, though? Feelings. The feelings of grown men wearing pajamas and slapping each other on the butt.

Let’s put together a plausible scenario, one that might not be far from something that’s happened over the last 100 years. Team A is winning big. They may or may not have played extra innings the night before, but their bullpen is gassed. Their starting pitcher is doing well enough, but he’s creeping up on 100 pitches, and it’s only the fifth inning.

Option A Reliever 1 (pitched three out of last four games) for an inning

Reliever 2 (pitched three out of last four games and in each of the last two games) for an inning

Reliever 3 (long reliever who pitched three innings in a blowout loss two days ago) for two innings.

Option B Reliever 3 (long reliever who pitched three innings in a blowout loss two days ago) for two innings.

Position player (lol) for an inning

Same position player or another one (lololol) for an inning

If the 15-run lead becomes a 10-run lead, well, go back to Option A. There are no demerits for having to use that pitcher you were going to use without the unwritten rules. But if Option B works, well, you charge into the next game — maybe it’s a day game after a night game — with Reliever 1 and Reliever 2 fresh as daisies. It helps the team win. It helps the relievers stay healthy.

It’s better. It’s better in every single way for just about everyone.

Except, if a manager puts in a position player when he’s up 15-3, I’m assuming baseballs will get thrown at butts and grown men might meet in the middle of the diamond to push each other and yell a lot. It’s almost like there needs to be a backchannel for this sort of stuff.

MIKE SCIOSCIA: You came here to see if I’d kick if you put a position player to pitch. Well, there’s your answer.

NED YOST: I have a doubleheader tomorrow, and my bullpen is gassed.

SCIOSCIA: You haven’t bought any license to make me look bad when I’m getting blown out, and today I ain’t sellin’ any. So take your flunky and dangle.

DALE SVEUM: Wait, I didn’t do anything.

I used to get excited about position players pitching. It makes sense, considering that the year I started writing about baseball for a living, just eight position players pitched. But now I’m getting excited by the idea of a manager saying, “Screw it. My bullpen is tired. I’m pitching Shane Halter because he’s probably not going to give up 17 runs. If you don’t like it, don’t suck so much the next time we play.”

You know Joe Maddon has at least thought about it. It just makes sense, people. Stop worrying about feelings.

Unless they’re my feelings, which are very important. And those feelings are telling me that position players pitching are at the crossroads of fun and functional. There should be more of them in blowouts, and it really doesn’t matter who’s winning.

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proviralmedia-blog · 6 years

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Mariners vs. Royals – Game Recap – April 9, 2018 KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Ned Yost thought Jakob Junis was starting to labor in the fifth inning Monday night, so he turned to bench coach Dale Sveum and promised to pull the young Royals right-hander if it continued.

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sportsbeastnews-blog · 6 years

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Mariners vs. Royals - Game Recap - April 9, 2018

Mariners vs. Royals – Game Recap – April 9, 2018

[ad_1] KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ned Yost thought Jakob Junis was starting to labor in the fifth inning Monday night, so he turned to bench coach Dale Sveum and promised to pull the young Royals right-hander if it continued. Laboring? He was throwing a no-hitter. “Dale thought I was kidding,” Yost said, “but I honestly had no idea.” Junis had hit three batters and walked two more, but he did not allow a…

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gistjunction · 6 years

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Royals' Yost unaware P was in middle of no-no

Royals’ Yost unaware P was in middle of no-no

12:25 AM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ned Yost thought Jakob Junis was starting to labor in the fifth inning Monday night, so he turned to bench coach Dale Sveum and promised to pull the young Royals right-hander if it continued. Laboring? He was throwing a no-hitter. “Dale thought I was kidding,” Yost said, “but I honestly had no idea.” Junis had hit three batters and walked two more,…

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gosportsfield · 6 years

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Mariners vs. Royals - Game Recap - April 9, 2018

Mariners vs. Royals – Game Recap – April 9, 2018

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ned Yost thought Jakob Junis was starting to labor in the fifth inning Monday night, so he turned to bench coach Dale Sveum and promised to pull the young Royals right-hander if it continued.

Laboring? He was throwing a no-hitter.

“Dale thought I was kidding,” Yost said, “but I honestly had no idea.��

Junis had hit three batters and walked two more, but he did not allow…

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kansascityhappenings · 5 years

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Royals top Chicago White Sox in 10-inning victory

CHICAGO — Fiercely energetic Tim Anderson spiked his bat to celebrate a home run and Kansas City’s Brad Keller responded by drilling him with a fastball, setting off a benches-clearing fracas in the Royals’ 4-3, 10-inning victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday.

Anderson tossed his bat toward the White Sox dugout following his two-run drive in the fourth inning. Keller hit him in the buttocks with his first pitch leading off the sixth.

Anderson, the AL’s leading hitter, was restrained by Royals catcher Martin Maldonado but kept jawing with Keller on the way to first base. The dugouts and bullpens emptied, though no punches appeared to be thrown. White Sox manager Rick Renteria and Royals bench coach Dale Sveum shoved each other, and the usually mild-mannered Renteria was particularly animated.

There were four ejections — Anderson, Keller, Renteria and Sveum.

Anderson has often talked about encouraging players to express themselves, something Major League Baseball has tried to embrace with its “Let the Kids Play” marketing campaign. But not everybody in the game sees it the same way.

The 25-year-old Anderson and the Royals have mixed it up before.

In April 2018, Anderson shouted after a home run against Kansas City. Later in the game, he was playing shortstop when Royals star catcher Salvador Perez reached second base. Words were exchanged and the benches cleared.

When the tempers cooled, Perez and Anderson shook hands. Perez said Anderson had hollered a few weeks earlier when he homered twice on opening day.

Hunter Dozier led off the 10th with a tiebreaking homer against Nate Jones (0-1). His drive to left on a 2-0 fastball made a winner of Wily Peralta (2-1), who worked two innings.

Scott Barlow pitched in the 10th for his first career save, getting Daniel Palka on a game-ending grounder after walking Leury Garcia. Keller gave up two runs and four hits. And the Royals picked up their first win in six road games this season.

Palka, batting for Yoan Moncada in the seventh, singled to break an 0-for-32 skid to start the season. White Sox starter Lucas Giolito left in the third inning because of tightness in his left groin.

The Royals took a 3-2 lead in the seventh against Jose Ruiz when Billy Hamilton walked and scored from second on Dozier’s two-out single.

The White Sox tied it in the eighth, after loading the bases with none out against Jake Diekman.

Peralta came in and got Adam Engel to force the runner at the plate. Garcia then lined a tying single before Palka grounded into a double play.

Giolito — 4-0 in eight starts against Kansas City — seemed to feel discomfort throwing a 1-1 pitch to Alex Gordon with two outs in the third inning. He stretched his left leg and took a few warmup tosses before heading to the dugout. Ryan Burr struck out Gordon.

Giolito did not allow a run or hit in 2 2/3 innings. The 24-year-old right-hander struck out five, walked one and hit a batter.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: Maldonado was in the lineup after being scratched Tuesday because of an illness.

White Sox: Moncada was lifted for precautionary reasons in the seventh. He was shaken up stealing second in the fifth inning, when Maldonado’s throw appeared to hit his helmet as he was diving. … The White Sox have no timetable for OF Jon Jay (strained right hip) going on a rehab assignment. Renteria said he is “just scratching the surface now of increasing some of his activities” after being placed on the 10-day injured list during spring training.

UP NEXT

Royals: RHP Homer Bailey (1-1, 5.29) tries to win his second straight start when the Royals open a four-game series at the New York Yankees. Bailey tossed two-hit ball over seven innings in a 3-0 victory over Cleveland on Saturday. RHP Domingo Germán (3-0, 1.38) pitches for the Yankees.

White Sox: RHP Iván Nova (0-2, 5.28) tries for his first win with the White Sox as Chicago opens a four-game series at Detroit. The veteran took the loss at New York on Saturday despite holding the Yankees to one run over six-plus innings. RHP Tyson Ross (1-2, 3.50) starts for the Tigers.

from FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports https://fox4kc.com/2019/04/17/royals-top-chicago-white-sox-in-10-inning-victory/

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goalhofer · 6 years

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2018 Kansas City Royals Roster

Pitchers

#31 Ian Kennedy (Westminster, California)

#32 Jesse Hahn (Groton, Connecticut)

#33 Brian Flynn (Owasso, Oklahoma)

#37 Brandon Mauerer (Orange, California)

#39 Jason Hammel (Port Orchard, Washington)

#40 Kelvin Herrera (Tenares, Dominican Republic)

#41 Danny Duffy (Vandenberg Village, California)

#51 Tim Hill (Sylmar, California)

#52 Justin Grimm (Bristol, Virginia)

#53 Eric Skoglund (Sarasota, Florida)

#54 Blaine Boyer (Marietta, Georgia)

#55 Nate Karns (Arlington, Texas)

#56 Brad Keller (Flowery Branch, Georgia)

#64 Burch Smith (Tyler, Texas)

#65 Jakob Junis (Rock Falls, Illinois)

Catchers

#9 Drew Butera (Orlando, Florida)

#13 Salvador Perez (Valencia, Venezuela)

#36 Cam Gallagher (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)

Infielders

#1 Ryan Goins (Round Rock, Texas)

#2 Alcides Escobar (La Sabana, Venezuela)

#8 Mike Moustakas (Chatsworth, California)

#15 Whit Merrifield (Florence, South Carolina)

#19 Cheslor Cuthbert (Corn Island, Nicaragua)

#21 Lucas Duda (Riverside, California)

#21 Adalberto Mondesi (Los Angeles, California)

Outfielders

#4 Alex Gordon (Lincoln, Nebraska)

#11 Bubba Starling (Gardner, Kansas)

#12 Jorge Soler (Havana, Cuba)

#16 Paulo Orlando (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

#25 Jon Jay (Miami, Florida)

#38 Jorge Bonifacio (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

Coaches

Manager Ned Yost (Dublin, California)

Bench coach Dale Sveum (Pinole, California)

Hitting coach Terry Bradshaw (Windsor, Virginia)

Catching & quality control coach Pedro Grifol (Miami, Florida)

Pitching coach Cal Eldred (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

Bullpen coach Vance Wilson (Mesa, Arizona)

Bullpen catcher Ryan Eigsti (Eureka, Illinois)

1st base coach Mitch Maier (Petosky, Michigan)

3rd base coach Mike Jirschele (Clintonville, Wisconsin)

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ontapsportsapp · 6 years

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Actor Jim Caviezel portrays Royals coach in team photo - Washington Post

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Actor Jim Caviezel portrays Royals coach in team photo Washington Post SURPRISE, Ariz. — Actor Jim Caviezel has played Jesus and golfer Bobby Jones on the big screen. On Wednesday, he portrayed Kansas City Royals bench coach Dale Sveum. Sveum had a medical appointment for his stiff neck and missed the photo shoot, so ... and more »

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jjasportstudio · 6 years

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Actor Jim Caviezel has played Jesus and golfer Bobby Jones on the big screen. On Wednesday, he portrayed Kansas City Royals bench coach Dale Sveum.

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