In the most recent podcast episode of Effectively Wild, a listener asked about managerial ageing curves and whether managers get worse with age. The general consensus of the answer was “not really”, but I wanted to try and find out
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Category: Pinch Hitting
The GB Baseball Vs NBL All-Star Experience
Today was my first visit to Farnham Park (Baseball and Softball Complex in Buckinghamshire) for the Great British Baseball Vs National Baseball League (NBL) All-Star game. It was great to see these young British players going up against some of
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Let Us Download
I’m currently sat at 40,000ft on an RAF Voyager heading back from Cyprus to the UK. It’s not a particularly long flight (4 hours 40 minutes), but it’s one that requires some entertainment to keep a brain stimulated. Books, magazines,
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Official MiLB Affiliate of the UK – The Shortlist
*Update* Five is a bad number. Eight is better. Eight means a bracket. *Update* As if we aren’t already far enough down a rabbit hole here as UK based baseball fans, we’ve hatched a plan to take it to the next level.
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“Talk to me in June”
“Meh, these games don’t matter as much, talk to me in June when the games really matter.” In my experience this is a familiar phrase when it comes to baseball fans talking about their team and any early season struggles.
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Mayor reaffirms his drive for Baseball in London
I want to be a starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. I also want to live a healthy and long life. I also want a car that doesn’t break down every two months due to some crappy electrical failure.
Read moreI Should Have Been A Cubs Fan!
Here’s a tale of woe from Tom Pringle. Follow Tom on Twitter @pedroiasface Let us go back in time to December 2000, I was 17, and bored. It was a Saturday afternoon, bitter cold outside and I knew the ground
Read moreNoah CyYoungdergaard? Why the Mets’ number three starter might be the Majors’ number one.
With a pinch-hitting B&N debut, here’s UK Baseball Blog’s Ben Carter. The author takes no responsibility for his editor’s choice of title… After a somewhat surprising surge to the National League pennant in 2015, expectations for the Mets were sky-high
Read moreMLB in London? Answering the Big Questions
Here’s Tom Pringle with the right approach. And a warning for Commissioner Manfred… In October 2007, the Miami Dolphins hosted the New York Giants at Wembley Stadium in London, for the first regular season NFL game to ever be hosted
Read moreThis Year’s Jake Arrieta? Find him in Boston.
So much ink has been spilled about the make up of this year’s Red Sox pitching this week. David Price is ready. But no-one else is. Apart from Craig Kimbrel. Carson Smith is broken. Oh, and they can’t develop prospects.
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