Rachel Steinberg returns to begin a regular column. You can find her BFN debut here. Welcome to From the Press Box, a weekly attempt to round up the best of the UK media’s reporting on our favourite sport. I’m not
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Baseball’s unwritten rules, when tradition overstays its welcome.
Cultural Relativism is the theory that beliefs, customs, and morality exist in relation to the culture from which they originate and are not absolute – in other words, what is moral in one society or culture, may not be moral
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Here’s A Popular Post from Bat Flips and Nerds Dot Com…
Being a fan of MLB isn’t the easiest when you are based in the UK. With only a few games being played at times where you might expect a finish at a reasonable hour. Fans have to regularly determine if
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The Boys of Spring – Part 2
The story so far – During a trip to watch Spring Training in Florida, I watched a Yankees/Phillies minor league game. I noted the names of six of the Phillies players, and resolved to follow them through the season to
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Pitch Movement – There’s something in the air
If you have been watching baseball for some time you will know the game is slightly different at Coors Field. At 5,200 feet (1,580 m) above sea level, Coors Field is by far the highest park in the majors. The
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Chris Davis gets a hit – And the best moment of the season so far
Put it in the books. In the top of the 1st inning of today’s ongoing game with the Boston Red Sox – approximately 6.23pm here in the UK – Chris Davis broke his historic skid of 54 at bats without
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New Season, New Pitch – Does adding a pitch make a pitcher better?
The image above is some usage, speed and spin info on Trevor Bauer‘s 2018 season. Last season he added a slider which he threw 20% of the time to right handed hitters. This change along with some refinement of his
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The Trump administration just cancelled an historic baseball deal. Here’s what you need to know.
With incisive analysis on an important issue, please welcome Rachel Steinberg for her BFN debut… What was cancelled? A deal between Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Cuban Baseball Federation (CBF) that would have allowed Cuban baseball players to sign
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Tactical genius or over-managing nonsense?
Cast your mind back to Friday 14th September, 2018. I’ll remind you if you can’t remember. The Baltimore Orioles hosted the Chicago White Sox in front of 18,000 fans. The two teams had combined for 194 losses, and there were
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The Palace of Don Alfredo – A British Take on Mexico’s Newest Baseball Stadium
Welcome back, Geoff Enderby… Mexico City in March is a beautiful place, an enormous valley filled prominently with the blooming violet of the Jacaranda trees, brought to Mexico by Tatsugoro Matsumoto back in the years prior to the formation of
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