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This year Albert Pujols will lose his crown as Player of the Century. You’ll never guess by whom.

March 16, 2019 Gavin MLB UK, Opinion

Clickbait headlines are detestable, but it was too difficult to resist. So the premise of the article is that Albert Pujols has been the best player this century, but he could be overtaken this season. Since Opening Day 2000, Pujols

Baseball chinwag with Al Melchior

March 6, 2019 Gavin Baseball, Fantasy Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

If baseball analysts had nicknames, Al Melchior would be the professor, so it was not surprising to discover that he is a former political science professor from Florida International University. Al has been writing about fantasy baseball since the turn

Baseball chinwag with Nando di Fino

February 22, 2019 Gavin Baseball, Fantasy Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

Welcome to the third article in our series of quick chats with our favourite people in the baseball broadcasting and fantasy baseball world. Nando Di Fino is a multi-award winning writer, analyst, host and producer who has worked for, among

Baseball chinwag with Scott White

February 21, 2019 Gavin Fantasy Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

Continuing our series of quick chats with our favourite characters in the baseball broadcasting and fantasy baseball world, we were very pleased to get the opportunity of a few minutes with CBS Sports’ Senior Fantasy Writer, Scott White. My love

Baseball chinwag with Joe Pisapia

February 17, 2019 Gavin Baseball, Fantasy Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

To brighten these frustratingly slow days before regular season action starts, we have a new series of Bat Flips and Nerds articles for you. Baseball chinwags are quick chats with a few of our favourite characters within the baseball broadcasting/fantasy

JUST ACCEPT IT, PECOTA HATES YOUR TEAM

February 10, 2019 Gavin Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

Baseball Prospectus has just released their PECOTA projections for 2019, and you know what? They hate your team. The funny thing is, PECOTA is not opinion, yet MLB players, managers and fans take it personally. An acronym for Player Empirical

Could the Cardinals Migrate East in 2020?

February 9, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, GB Baseball, London Series, MLB UK

Welcome back Kurt Wilks June 29th 2019, London Stadium. The first MLB regular season game will take place not only the UK but on the continent of Europe. Old news I know, but still hugely exciting 9 months or so

Three minutes on the Los Angeles Angels

February 9, 2019 Gavin MLB UK, Opinion

It is hard to argue that the Angels were not the most exciting MLB team to watch last season: Shohei Ohtani pitching, Shohei Ohtani hitting, Andrelton Simmons’ wizardry at shortstop and of course, Mike Trout, the greatest player on the

London Series 2020 teams revealed?

February 8, 2019 Thomas Pringle Baseball, MLB UK

One of our alumni’s, Blake Finney, spotted a little gem via Newsday.com (Click here for an EU GDPR friendly link). According to The Associated Press, “Major League Baseball is considering one of two matchups for its 2020 series in London:

What is the collective noun for a group of terrible contracts?

February 2, 2019 Gavin Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

My first thought was an albatross. These sort of contracts used to be called “player-friendly”, but now they are dismissed by clubs and the media as bad deals. We can all see that as teams become more analytically savvy, fewer