Hannah Tomlinson makes her Bat Flips and Nerds debut, as she visited one of MLB UK’s 108 Sessions in London. So, there it was, in an abandoned warehouse-cum-brewery-cum-music venue, the first sign of major league baseball in London. The 108 sessions,
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In MVP voting, recency bias is going to be a factor and that can’t be helped. With that in mind, I wondered who were the top performers for the first half of the season vs the second half. Fangraphs has
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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
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There has been plenty of talk about the Triple Crown this season. With the Boston Red Sox outfielder J.D. Martinez as the now lone candidate to potentially win the crown, for the first time since Miguel Cabrera in 2012. Martinez is currently
Read morePlanning your baseball viewing over the next week? First-time contributor Gavin Tramps has you covered… Despite some intriguing matchups, it is not a great week to be an MLB fan in the UK. Unless you subscribe to MLB.TV, there are
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Welcome back the brilliant gonzo talents of Geoff Enderby… Sunshine by Danny Boyle is probably his most forgotten work, but not by me, and certainly not today. This is because after almost twelve years of life in the sun-drenched Mexican
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Are you ready to be confused? I SAID, ARE YOU READY TO BE CONFUSED? Well, I’ll try and stop that by letting you know a full explanation of what we’re doing here can be found in the original post. Right
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“There’s magic in the ivy and the old scoreboard.” That was the line once sang by Eddie Vedder in his ode to Wrigley Field and the Chicago Cubs, All The Way, and their longstanding quest to win it all. He
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In our first part, we looked at me dressed in a Pirates t-shirt and we discovered I could do VLOOKUP on excel. I also explained exactly what I’m trying to do here, so rather than me explain it all again,
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Welcome to BF&N David Brindle… With the New York Mets’ season slipping further into mediocrity as the trade deadline approaches, there are sure to be inbound calls aplenty at the Citi Field offices. After a sensational 11-1 start, Mickey Callaway’s
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