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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Tag: Blue Jays
Chasing Vlad Jr…
Manchester, New Hampshire is an age from its namesake (the town from which I started this journey), and an unprepossessing place to travel to see a phenom. The city is a picture of provincial America, and quite unlike the metropolises
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A Brit Learning Baseball Through Books: Why Baseball Matters
“The game stands up and out in the lowest-common-denominator American culture of distraction, disruption, and interruption. For me, this distinction makes baseball the most intellectually stimulating, emotionally satisfying, and downright glorious pastime ever devised.” – Susan Jacoby It’s not likely
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If Baseball was Football – Part 1: American League
A big welcome back to the Baseball Brit, Joey Mellows… Major League Baseball is coming to the UK! The London Series has been officially scheduled for June 29th & 30th in 2019 and this has sent die hard MLB UK
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Is 2018 Looking Blue for the Jays?
A warm welcome for a guest blog to the proprietor of East Atlantic Outlook, James Dawne… After back-to-back ALDS appearances, 2017 saw the Blue Jays drop under .500 for the first time since 2013 (4th in AL East; .469, 76-86).
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MLB UK Community – Manchester Fan Meet Up, 13 August
In case you’ve missed it on Twitter and Facebook, we’re following hot on the heels of the London meet up by holding our own get together for Northern souls in magical Manchester. Tickets are free and available on Skiddle right
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71 Reasons to Love Baseball
Lists are great. Here’s Adam Perry debuting on the blog with a great list… There are 162 games in a regular season, so there is always tomorrow. You can also watch every game live (for a modest fee) They don’t
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Blake’s Fantasy Free Agent Finds 1 – 7 June
With a new column picking out a few sleepers for you fantasy fiends, welcome to B&N, Blake Finney Hopefully there are plenty of you Brits (or further afield) out there who LOVE playing Fantasy Baseball, I for one can’t get
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Is Josh Donaldson Underrated?
Ben Carter asks a very valid question. When we think of underrated players in the game of baseball, the mind tends to go to guys with undervalued skills, whether that be defense (Kevin Kiermaier), plate discipline (Ben Zobrist) or durability
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2016 Position Player Pitching Leaderboard
First we have to set some ground rules, after a quick Play Index here is what I found. There were 26 instances found, I decided that players needed either a K or give up no runs to be eligible. 4
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