At the half way point and at end of the season Jeff Sullivan from FanGraphs does pieces on the worst call ball and strike of the season so far. These are usually quite bizarre calls that have some unusual circumstances
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How would a free agent club fare in 2019?
It is the baseball offseason. A time for checking the heat on the hot stove every few hours, counting down the days until pitchers and catchers and devouring any baseball related content to get us through the winter. Well, we
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Analytics and its effects on the MLB – The Stolen Base
This is the second piece in a series on the effects of analytics on baseball, the first on the bunt can be found here. This time I will be looking at the decline of the stolen base, the involvement of
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On a Picture of Nathan Eovaldi, Sat October 27 2018, 12.23am
Since Sunday gone, a great number of words have been spared for Nathan Eovaldi and his Herculean feats in the 2018 World Series. He was, it’s been said, the inspiration for his Boston Red Sox team’s come from behind Game
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Strength of Players Faced and the Impact on Player Output
So the World Series is complete and the Boston Red Sox are champions. The team with the best record over the season won the playoffs, that doesn’t happen often so the usual discussion of the value of the playoffs compared
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A Brit Learning Baseball Through Books: Jeff Passan’s “The Arm”
I finished reading Jeff Passan’s book The Arm shortly after making my pitching debut in the London Mets Fall League, pitching exclusively what one teammate charitably described as ‘80s loop balls’ (referring, of course, to the decade of the 1980s
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Year in Review – Toronto Blue Jays
Welcome to BFN, Conor Fletcher… The 2018 season for the Toronto Blue Jays was in many ways, a long shot. The resurgent Yankees and ever-present Red Sox looked to dominate the division once again, leaving the highs of 2015 and
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Painting Passion – The CPBL
Making a welcome return to BFN, British ‘baseball artist’, Andy Brown… It was a month ago that I came for my first visit to Taiwan to paint the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). Having witnessed the Chinese Taipei national team
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From Britain to the Bronx – Why I Chose the Yankees
Jonty Fletcher makes his Bat Flips and Nerds debut, explaining to us why he chose the Yankees and why he loves baseball. Growing up in Britain, it’s not so easy to follow American sports. Many look at baseball and think
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Who is the best Postseason team since 1995?
It’s just your regular question you ask you mates down the pub. “Who is the best Postseason team since 1995?” They stare at you blankly for what feels like a lifetime, one friend finally speaks. “Are you talking about baseball
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