Intentional walks or base on balls have been around for a long time in baseball. Early on in baseball, the catcher could set up much further away from the plate than they can do know. They would receive four wide
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How I Got Into Baseball – Thomas Jellis
Welcome to BFN, ‘ChapelTom‘… What’s the most common question do you think I am asked as a baseball fan in Taiwan? Have a think for a second… Of course it’s “Where are you from?” and when I answer “England” in
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Chinatrust Brothers Ace Mitch Lively Talks to Bat Flips & Nerds
In a recent interview with Mitch Lively, starting pitcher for the Chinatrust Brothers, Mark Buckton got a few insights into his life in Taiwan’s CPBL. ML: Mitch Lively MB: Mark Buckton MB: Talking to Sam Williams, sports editor of Lassen
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Matt Shoemaker, Kevin Pillar, and the Neverending Search for Redemption
After getting involved in a rundown on the path between first and second, Blue Jays pitcher Matt Shoemaker twisted his leg as he applied a tag and tore his ACL during Saturday’s game against the Oakland A’s. The aftermath was
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MLB London Series – An Event for all of European Baseball?
Welcome to BFN Tim Vergoossen… The new baseball season is approaching the end of its first full month. With that, the first matchup between two American baseball franchises on European soil – for so long a dream we never thought
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Jake Arrieta’s Looking ‘Ace’ Again
Welcome to BFN, Sean Guest… It’s easy to forget just how good Jake Arrieta was in 2015. In 33 starts, he won a career-best 22 games, with an ERA of 1.77 en route to the National League Cy Young. He
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Can We Play You Every Week
“Can we play you, can we play you, can we play you every week. Can we play you every week.” Those of you more familiar with British football will recognise this chant. It is one that the fans will sing
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How I got into baseball – Mark Buckton
My first baseball experience came in August 1994, almost… Working for a few weeks on Nellis Air Force Base just outside Las Vegas, Nevada as part of an RAF Harrier squadron, we had been told an MLB team would be
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From The Press Box – April
Rachel Steinberg returns to begin a regular column. You can find her BFN debut here. Welcome to From the Press Box, a weekly attempt to round up the best of the UK media’s reporting on our favourite sport. I’m not
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Baseball’s unwritten rules, when tradition overstays its welcome.
Cultural Relativism is the theory that beliefs, customs, and morality exist in relation to the culture from which they originate and are not absolute – in other words, what is moral in one society or culture, may not be moral
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