Pinch Hitting – Page 5 – Bat Flips and Nerds

From Heaven to Hell – The Miami Marlins Opening Week

July 30, 2020 Tomi Korkeamaki Baseball, Team Contributors

How fast you can go from heaven to hell? 3 days it turns out. That is how long it took for the Miami Marlins to fall from Sandy Alcantara’s ace like performance, Jesus Aguilar’s moonshots and a sweet comeback victory

Review of the Red Sox Opening Home Stand

July 30, 2020 Richard Hampson Baseball, Team Contributors

Well, the Red Sox opening home stretch is over and I think it’s safe to say that it was not as bad as we’d feared. It was worse. Much, much worse. Much had been said in the offseason and Spring

Toronto Blue Jays: Crushed at the Trop

July 28, 2020 Jack Ramsden Baseball, Team Contributors

As is now sadly tradition, the Toronto Blue Jays fell to the Tampa Bay Rays in their recent series at Tropicana Stadium in Florida. In a manner painfully reminiscent of last season’s pitching horrors, the Blue Jays bullpen flopped in

Miami Marlins – A shortened quest for glory (maybe)

July 19, 2020 Tomi Korkeamaki Baseball, Team Contributors

So finally we are here. Opening Day (maybe) in July. After months of negotiations between the MLB owners and the MLBPA (Major League Baseball Player Association), negotiations which seemed to be like the never-ending war, had its conclusion. We are

A Friday night in July with the Seattle Mariners

July 18, 2020 Bamos Appleby Baseball, Team Contributors

If things were normal, I wouldn’t be watching a game tonight. If things were normal, the Seattle Mariners would be lining up to play the second of a four-game series against the A’s, two games from the end of 10-game

Larry Doby: Second to none

July 5, 2020 Ash Day Baseball, Team Contributors

When Jackie Robinson took the field on Opening Day 1947, he made history as the first black man to break the colour barrier in Major League Baseball. Robinson’s incredible fortitude opened the door and began the long-overdue process of integrating

Why David Wright Means So Much To Mets Fans

May 23, 2020 Alex Worth Baseball, Team Contributors

Arguably the most beloved player in the 59-year history of the New York Mets, David Wright retired in front of 42,000 Mets fans on September 29th 2018. Wright had two plate appearances, a walk in the first inning and a

CPBL: Lights, Camera, Action – An Interview with Gene Wang

May 11, 2020 Helen Atkinson Baseball, Pinch Hitting, Team Contributors

Gene Wang is a sports photojournalist based in Taiwan. He currently spends a lot of time photographing CPBL games. He has kindly taken some time out from his busy schedule to answer some questions, and provide his own personal insight

Stadium Review – Colorado Rockies – Coors Field, Denver

May 4, 2020 Sarah Briggs Baseball, Beginner's Guide, Learning to Baseball, Opinion, Pinch Hitting, Reviews, Team Contributors

I am on a quest to visit all 30 Major League ballparks – so far, I’ve done 13 in eight years, which is not bad going. The visits to Coors Field were part of a road trip around Colorado and

‘Expand your baseball knowledge beyond MLB’ feature – Episode #4 Savannah Bananas

April 27, 2020 Sarah Briggs Baseball, Beginner's Guide, Guest writer, Indy Ball, Pinch Hitting, Reviews, Team Contributors, Your New Favourite League

If you have not read my previous posts, I will give you a little background to my love of MiLB. I was diagnosed with terminal cancer back in September 2017, so decided