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Was Derek Shelton truly viewed to be the right man for the job heading into 2025? Or was he a familiar face that also served as a convenient lever to pull whenever things inevitably went wrong? I discuss his dismissal in this week’s “Off the Bat”:
May 10, 2025, 2:10 PM
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