Oakland Athletics outfielder Kyler Murray is set to turn his back on baseball for a career in American football. Will it be the biggest mistake of his life? When the Oakland Athletics selected outfielder Kyler Murray with the ninth overall
Read more
Category: Opinion
Three minutes on the Pittsburgh Pirates
It was refreshing to see a team actually go for it at the trade deadline. Although the Pittsburgh Pirates failed to reach the postseason; they should be admired for their tenacity. Having led the division for much of April and
Read more
Three possible mystery teams in the Harper stakes
News will break shortly that the largest ever MLB free agent contract has been agreed. Will Bryce Harper sign it with one of the frontrunners or is there a mystery team? The favourites to land the superstar are the “spending
Read more
Three minutes on the Seattle Mariners
In 2001, 27-year-old Ichiro Suzuki made his MLB debut. Later that year, the Seattle Mariners reached the playoffs. It was the last time October baseball was enjoyed in Seattle, although with 89 wins last season, they came so very close.
Read more
Three minutes on the Arizona Diamondbacks
When Ronan Keating sang “Life is a rollercoaster”, he probably wasn’t thinking about the ups and downs in the life of a Diamondbacks fan. Despite having finished 11 games behind the Dodger Blue behemoth in the NL West in 2017,
Read more
Fireball – Following Baseball from the UK and beyond Since 1986
A welcome return for our Mexican correspondent, Geoff Enderby… “I didn’t know I was creating memories I just thought I was having fun” – Lemmy As a child in the latter part of the 1970s and during the early 1980s we would
Read more
Three minutes on the Baltimore Orioles
In February, PECOTA, the much-maligned projection system from Baseball Prospectus, suggested a 69-win season for the Orioles. Camden Chat’s response was: Where does it all leave the Orioles? PECOTA has given its answer: 69 wins. Orioles fans have to hope
Read more
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
Read more
Is there really a need for Game 163?
It seems that the solution in Major League Baseball for two teams being tied for a divisional crown after a 162 game season is to… play one more game. But is that really the best solution? Admittedly, it was exciting
Read more
Tommy John surgery – bionic or barbaric?
In January 2018, the Oxford English Dictionary added 1,100 new entries. Some, like mansplaining, I hear from my daughters in response to sage advice I impart. Others, like hangry, are also directed at me, usually when I arrive home a
Read more