In the first of a new recurring series, John explains his love for the former Red Sox closer. Koji Uehara is 42 years old. He didn’t make the playoff roster in a battered and pilloried Cubs bullpen. Those two things
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Indians Streak Over – Still Best Bet for World Series
David Morgan owner and editor of the excellent The Planet Of Baseball, joins us to ensure we don’t forget about the Indians post-streak. For many years the fans of professional team sports in the city of Cleveland, Ohio had very
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Why Buck Farmer and the Tigers will stop the Cleveland Indians win streak.
Buck Farmer has a funny name.
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The Astros are heroes, the Rangers are villains, right?
This week in response to the destruction of Hurricane Harvey, the Astros moved their home series against the Texas Rangers to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. With a view to potentially have their Mets home series at the Trop as
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The Boston Red Sox – Turning Point
On the 24th June, the Boston Red Sox called up their number one prospect, Rafael Devers. On the 26th June the Boston Red Sox traded a couple of minor-league pitchers for the San Francisco Giants 3B Eduardo Nunez. Some of
Read moreBlake’s Free Agent Finds: 24 – 30 August
After a few weeks off, I’ve shown up just in time for Fantasy Baseball squeaky bum time, with Rotisserie Leagues set to head into the final month, and Head-to-Head leagues almost at playoff season. So I’ve returned to give you
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California Dreaming – Part One
Here to recap a Los Angeles baseball experience, it’s Paul Mitchell… Traffic in Los Angeles isn’t as bad as you may have heard – it’s worse. A family holiday to California in July brought the opportunity to see some West
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The Game Planner, August 21st-27th
After a few weeks of the a disappointingly light Saturday schedule – unfortunately a regular feature of summer baseball – we’re back to a wider choice of five games over the upcoming weekend, which makes up for the fact that
Read moreThe Game Planner, August 15th-20th
A late start this week with no early games on Monday, but there’s at least one every day the rest of the week, so plenty to get stuck into. Most notable in terms of the playoff places are the Cardinals
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The Chosen Game
Adam Perry (@Peza100) returns to Bat Flips and Nerds to look at Jewish baseball players in the US. I am not a religious person, in fact the only time I look for divine intervention is when the Red Sox are
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