There hasn’t been a Triple Crown winner in baseball since 2012, when Miguel Cabrera picked up the trophy, with a batting average .330, 44 home runs and 139 runs batted in. Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander were the last players
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Is it time for the universal DH? Spoiler Alert: Yes
We welcome back the most loyal of loyal Detroit Tigers fans, Jed. This time, he’s out for the National League and the Designated Hitter. As the Detroit Tigers 2018 season descends into inevitable misery, I find myself browsing MLB.tv for
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Episode 80 – Divisional Chat (NL Central)
Tom is joined by British based baseball fans; Michael Ivory (Cubs), Craig Hurring (Brewers) and James Feldman (Pirates) to talk all that is good (and very bad) in the NL Central. They go from the depths of the Reds, to the current battle between the Cubs
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Draft or Daft? Is the MLB Draft worth it?
In the previous two pieces (here and here) we have worked out that money just about gets you wins but there is grey area in the middle were how you spend matters and that you can get those wins from
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In Tebow, Minor League Baseball Stands on the Shoulder of a Giant
Why did we let John get his writing mojo back? It’s time to stop taking the high road and to admit – Tim Tebow is good for baseball, especially in the minor leagues. Yet another story surfaced this week about
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Better Late than Never for Red Hot Heyward
For over two years, he has been the $184 million problem for the Chicago Cubs in right-field. The biggest mistake Theo Epstein has ever made was just one of the kinder insults reserved for Jason Heyward after he scuffled following
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On Pride Night…
With his final dispatch from his Stateside trip, John’s back… The line in the box score doesn’t do justice to Jalen Beeks‘ Red Sox debut. The zeroes and ones show he lasted four innings and gave up six earned runs
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The Modern Myths Of Baseball – The Cost Of A Win
Last time up I looked at the impact of a teams overall salary on the number of wins that they picked up for a season and there was an overall trend to indicate that higher salary equates to more wins.
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2018 All MLB Draft Squad
He’s back, it’s Chris Brown… The 2018 MLB draft finished last week, with the next generation of prospects finding out which franchise has picked them to start their professional baseball career, and hopefully start their road to the show. You’ll
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A Brit learning Baseball through Books: A Drive into the Gap and the selflessness of Roberto Clemente
“The problem with history is that every story has multiple witnesses, but no witness ever has the entire truth.” – Kevin Guilfoile A Drive into the Gap was one of the first books about baseball that I ever read. My
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