Welcome to BFN, denizen of British baseball’s worst podcast, Jon Mackenzie… Hello. My name is Jon and I have embarked on a late-night love affair with thirty-something-year-old thicc men. It’s 1:34 in the morning and I’m watching Daniel Descalso on
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Welcome to Off the Roster, a series profiling people who don’t play pro ball, but who are inexorably connected to the sport, either personally or professionally. First up is Baltimore Orioles Head Groundskeeper Nicole Sherry, who has been in the
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Well, howdy there everyone! This is my first time writing for Bat Flips & Nerds and I do so wearing my proverbial @MLBUKCommunity Twitter hat rather than my @AstrosFansUK one. As you may or may not be aware, along with
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Janine Pipe is a blogger for FloridaTix, TheUnofficialGuides, Unofficial Universal Podcast and Disney Dream Girls. She also writes about Baseball and loves the Boston Red Sox. My first introduction to baseball was in 2000. My then boyfriend now husband had
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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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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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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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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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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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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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