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Category: Pinch Hitting

Cleveland Indians: Unleash the Franimal

March 12, 2020 Ash Day Baseball, Team Contributors

Since our last catch-up, the Indians have suffered another injury. Centre fielder, Oscar Mercado, essentially guaranteed a starting spot this year, suffered a sprained wrist when he dived to make a sprawling catch on a shallow fly ball. Mercado impressively

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A Rookie’s Guide to Yankee Stadium

March 12, 2020 Sarah Briggs Baseball, Team Contributors

Yankee Stadium is not rated highly by other baseball fans, but it is one of my absolute favourites! On 13 August 2012, the night before I got married in Central Park, I fell head-over-heels in love … with baseball. It

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5 questions for the Los Angeles Dodgers entering Opening Day

March 12, 2020 Aleix Gwilliam Baseball, Team Contributors

With the excitement of the Mookie Betts arrival and the start of spring training (baseball, finally, after more than four months!) all in the past, the focus for the Los Angeles Dodgers now lies on the season ahead. With an

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Detroit Tigers 2020: Reasons for Optimism

March 11, 2020 Paul Robinson Baseball, Previews, Team Contributors

What happened in 2019? In short, a whole lot of losses, with a record of 47-114 that tallies up to the second-worst in franchise history behind the 2003 Detroit Tigers 43-119. The Tigers were awful in 2019 and almost unwatchable

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‘Expand your baseball knowledge beyond MLB’ feature – Episode #1 Macon Bacon

March 10, 2020 Sarah Briggs Baseball, Beginner's Guide, Indy Ball, Pinch Hitting, Reviews, Team Contributors, Your New Favourite League

In September 2017, I was diagnosed with terminal cancer and made a bucket list. At the very top of the list was a trip to see a minor-league baseball game. A road trip was also on there, so in 2018,

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Yelich: Brewer For Life

March 10, 2020 Matthew Robinson Baseball, Team Contributors

It was officially confirmed on Friday 6 March that Christian Yelich had signed a nine-year $215 million contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. Given that the deal contains no opt-outs and a full no-trade clause, it is more than likely that

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Seattle Mariners 2020: the race to the bottom never felt so good

March 9, 2020 Bamos Appleby Baseball, Team Contributors

So close. So, SO damn close. A mere 3.1 games away from the kind of magnificent, glorious, ignominy I revel in as someone who pays a lot more attention to the Seattle Mariners than any sane UK resident should. The

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New York Mets: Spring Training Early Impressions

March 9, 2020 Alex Worth Baseball, Team Contributors

Ahh, Spring Training, the reminder that the beginning of the regular season is just around the corner and the chance to see your favourite players back on the diamond once again, even if its only for a few innings per

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Interview with MLB’s Bryan Hoch

March 9, 2020 Sarah Briggs Baseball, Team Contributors

Bryan Hoch has been the New York Yankees beat writer since 2007 and is the author of two best-selling books, The Baby Bombers: The Inside Story of the Next Yankees Dynasty and Mission 27: A New Boss, A New Ballpark

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San Francisco Giants – Spring Training Review

March 9, 2020 Russell Keddie Baseball, Team Contributors

The story so far…. It has been an interesting start to spring training for the Giants, currently sitting with a record of 6-7. We had many questions that needed answering going into spring (Hence the 71 players in camp); Who

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