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The Dark Side of the Diamond

Opportunity or Exploitation?

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Jun 27, 2025
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You hear the word “pipeline” in baseball and it sounds clean, efficient, even admirable. The steady stream of talent coming from the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico—all part of a global game. That’s the way it gets framed, anyway.

But I don’t see it that way anymore. Not since I really started digging into what that pipeline actually look…

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