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Three Strikes – How I Fell in Love with Baseball

April 8, 2021 Guest Contributor Baseball, Guest writer

Strike 1 ‘Nothing Rhymes with Orange’ My journey with baseball began back in 2014. I was idling away the days in the lead up to starting my first term of university, it was mid-September and unusually hot outside. Having burnt

Episode 215 – 2021 NL West Preview

March 10, 2021 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

In the second of our 2021 previews we turn to the NL West. Again, the guys are joined by a clutch of experts to keep us on the straight and narrow, including: – The Athletic’s Zach Buchanan on the Diamondbacks–

Can the Diamondbacks take positives from a dour 2020 season?

November 10, 2020 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Team Contributors

Matthew O’Brien is a guest writer for the website, making his debut today! If 2020 was represented through a baseball season look no further than that of the 2020 Arizona Diamondbacks. Entering the season with hopes of a postseason appearance

Arizona Diamondbacks 2020: Reasons for optimism

February 4, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion, Previews

What happened in 2019? The glass-half-full view is that second-place behind the Dodgers was probably the best that the Diamondbacks could have hoped for, and they achieved it with a +70 run differential. The less optimistic view is that 21

Hot takes and overreactions

April 3, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

It is far too early to anoint Phillies as World Series champions or label Chris Sale’s contract a bust, or even start thinking that the Baltimore Orioles might be a good team. Here are some interesting snippets from the opening

JUST ACCEPT IT, PECOTA HATES YOUR TEAM

February 10, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

Baseball Prospectus has just released their PECOTA projections for 2019, and you know what? They hate your team. The funny thing is, PECOTA is not opinion, yet MLB players, managers and fans take it personally. An acronym for Player Empirical

Three minutes on the Arizona Diamondbacks

December 13, 2018 GavGavinGavlaar MLB UK, Opinion

When Ronan Keating sang “Life is a rollercoaster”, he probably wasn’t thinking about the ups and downs in the life of a Diamondbacks fan. Despite having finished 11 games behind the Dodger Blue behemoth in the NL West in 2017,

What does each MLB club want in their Christmas stocking? Part One

December 10, 2018 Padraig Whelan Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Ho-ho-ho. It is that time of year again. Unfortunately for baseball fans though, Christmas comes at a time of year when, save for off-season signings and Winter Meetings, there is little happening in the sport. But that doesn’t mean anyone

What your team really needs this off-season. An alternative look. (ARI – MIA)

December 3, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball, Pinch Hitting

There are plenty of posts out there telling you the moves your team should make, but what about the moves your team must make? There are quite a few essential things a Major League Baseball team needs to succeed in the modern era.

The 2019 World Series Winner Prediction Survey (Part 1)

November 30, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball

On the 30th October of this year, I asked you all to make your way too early predictions for the 2019 World Series. There were a few reasons for this: I wanted to see if people could be realistic about