Welcome to BF&N, Matt Clough… It’s 2018. The past two World Series champions have won the title – and ended their respective championship droughts – by utilising a combination of long-term thinking that incorporating tanking and advanced analytics. This sabermetric
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Welcome to BF&N, Michael Ivory… I love cricket. Out of all sports in England (and I follow the vast majority), it’s my number one. There’s nothing better for me than sitting at Edgbaston, on a hot summers day with a
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The Yankees have a bit of a gap in their infield, it’s no secret. They are working with the Orioles — which I imagine is a one-way conversation — to try and get hold of Machado before the season starts,
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Here with a hard-hitting polemic is our new Thunderer, Chris Brown… Residents of Florida this year must be hoping that Spring Training gets extended, because it seems at the moment that March is the only time they’ll get to see
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Wade Miley works quickly, Wade Miley wrestles snakes, Wade Miley eats innings. What do the Padres need? Someone who eats innings. The snake wrestling thing can’t hurt either. According to the official Padres website, their current rotation consists of: Clayton
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Buck Farmer has a funny name.
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This week in response to the destruction of Hurricane Harvey, the Astros moved their home series against the Texas Rangers to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. With a view to potentially have their Mets home series at the Trop as
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On the 24th June, the Boston Red Sox called up their number one prospect, Rafael Devers. On the 26th June the Boston Red Sox traded a couple of minor-league pitchers for the San Francisco Giants 3B Eduardo Nunez. Some of
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At the time of writing (some weeks ago – a very tardy and apologetic ed.), 153 players had made their MLB debut in 2017. Just over half way through the season I was interested to see how the newbies are
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It’s officially hot stove season in the Major Leagues and I could not be more excited. At no other time in the year do you get the delightful cocktail of awful trade ideas from biased fans, Ken Rosenthal dropping unexpected
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