On the 30th October of this year, I asked you all to make your way too early predictions for the 2019 World Series. There were a few reasons for this: I wanted to see if people could be realistic about
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Category: Baseball
MLB London’s Best Value Seats – The Insider View
Welcome to BF&N, our very own West Ham season ticket holder, Jonny Gaffney… Given I’ve spent the last 2 years falling in love with a sport I previously knew very little about, when the London Series was announced, I was
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London Series Ticket Pricing Announced – Opinion
Over the last 12 hours, Ticketmaster have released the pricing breakdown for the upcoming London Series on the 29th and 30th June 2019. To save you a click, here is the graphic you will be presented with. You’re probably staring
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I’m a Phillies fan and I don’t want them to sign Bryce Harper
Chris Cummings makes his BFN debut to talk about his dislike at the idea of signing Bryce Harper for his home team – The Phillies. Bryce Harper is a once in a generation talent. Or so we’re told. And the fact
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ARod Declares MLB London Ticket Rush Officially ‘Open’ (Soon)
MLB Legend and Former Yankee Alex ‘BaeRod’ Rodriguez was in London today for the news we’ve all been waiting for – an announcement of the opening of ticket sales for next year’s MLB London Series, heretofore and forever known as
Read moreMLB London Ticket Dates Announced
The day is finally here – details of when the tickets for next June’s games in London have finally been announced by the official MLB London Series account, and we might have a clearer indication of first pitch times as
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Intentionally walking a pitcher
It’s the offseason. Which means it’s time for my posts to get even stranger. Since 1950, there have been 14 intentional walks to hitters who have 80% of their playing time as a pitcher. The incidences include pitchers who were
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The Blue Jays should sign Bartolo Colón this offseason
I have just one wish for this offseason. When I’m sitting here refreshing MLB Trade Rumours and avoiding doing actual work, I’m hoping for news about one particular star free agent. No, not Bryce Harper. Certainly not Manny ‘I’m never
Read moreThe Compassionate Umpire or The Cold Automated Zone
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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