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Today marks the end of the first "half" of the 2022 season and as the All-Star Game festivities get underway, it only seems fitting that we look back on the season thus far and highlight some of the good, some of the bad, and some of the ugly that I took away from the season at this point. So put on your best Clint Eastwood grimace, clench that…

The principal action for Kentucky Derby 148 occurred more than 2000 miles west of Churchill Downs Thursday morning as Santa Anita Derby (GI) winner Taiba worked six furlongs in 1:12.80. "It was very straight forward," trainer Tim Yakteen said. "He worked three-quarters from the five-eighth pole. It was a typical Taiba work and we accomplished what…

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL-With no heavy favorite, the GI Curlin Florida Derby looked like it would likely go one of four ways on paper. The three winners of the four Florida-based GI Kentucky Derby preps- Simplification (Not This Time), White Abarrio (Race Day) and Classic Causeway (Giant's Causeway)-were 2-1, 5-2 and 7-2, respectively, and' TDN Rising…

Jeff Cohen just completed his second season covering the Charlotte Knights for FutureSox. Below are his 2022 end of the season awards. It is easy to pull for Zach Remillard - he dedicated himself to turning around his baseball career last off-season, and he more than pulled it off. Though frequently hitting out the 9-hole, Remillard led the team in…

MINNEAPOLIS - Lucas Giolito spoke for himself, but he could have been speaking for many of his White Sox teammates. "I could never have predicted I would have struggled this bad," Giolito said of his disappointing 2022 season. "Considering how much confidence I had and how good I felt coming into the season, it was a wakeup call that it can be a…