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Reporting on the business of youth sports for @BuyingSandlot. Former NFL and college sports beat writer. Daily Gamecock alumni. Mike Francesa ripped me once.
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🥎 SPIRE Academy Lands High-Profile Event

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By Kyle Scott, James Kratch Verified, Kyle Scott Laskowski
| Buying Sandlot
This is Buying Sandlot — the only newsletter that focuses solely on the business of youth sports. Let’s get to it. In the email today: 🇺🇸 SPIRE Academy To Host Patriot Games The picture is starting to come into focus. The Patriot Games will be held at Spire’s campus in Geneva, Ohio, on August 9-11. President Trump is expected to be in attendance, according to The New York Post.
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Michael Kay tries to unring bell on Anthony Volpe smear

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By James Kratch Verified
| Elite Sports NY Verified
Mitch Stringer | USA TODAY Sports Michael Kay is either a wildly reckless buffoon or a shameless shill who will carry whatever water you hand him. Or maybe both! You decide! The YES Network play-by-player/ESPN Radio host dropped a juicy nugget while on air Tuesday: Embattled Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe refused to play at second base while in the minors earlier this year.
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Clint Frazier says Yankees once had ‘mandatory’ meeting with hot take artist

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By James Kratch Verified
| Elite Sports NY Verified
Vincent Carchietta | USA TODAY Sports This sounds insane at first, but it makes a decent amount of sense upon further review. The Yankees once had a mandatory meeting with sports takesman Emmanuel Acho, according to ex-Bombers outfielder Clint Frazier. The revelation came on a quote tweet of Acho’s latest sizzler — that the WNBA would be better off without Caitlin Clark because she is a “distraction.” not surprising at all ….
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