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Mariners misery

What’s it like being a Mariners fan?

January 31, 2020 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Let’s have a look: Randy ‘The Big Unit’ Johnson, Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar freaking Martinez, King Felix, Ichiro Suzuki. That’s just a few of the great names in recent memory to have worn a Mariners jersey. But that’s

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A decade of baseball in 101 useless stats

January 13, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

On Sunday 4 April 2010, Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Josh Beckett induced weak contact from New York Yankees Derek Jeter in the first MLB play of the decade. Here are 100 more useless snippets of information for you. Unless

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Cubs' Jason Heyward

What is the collective noun for a group of terrible contracts?

February 2, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

My first thought was an albatross. These sort of contracts used to be called “player-friendly”, but now they are dismissed by clubs and the media as bad deals. We can all see that as teams become more analytically savvy, fewer

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Three minutes on the Seattle Mariners

January 18, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

In 2001, 27-year-old Ichiro Suzuki made his MLB debut. Later that year, the Seattle Mariners reached the playoffs. It was the last time October baseball was enjoyed in Seattle, although with 89 wins last season, they came so very close.

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The Next Perfect Game

May 16, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Tuesday 15th May 2018, something very special nearly happened. Pitching for the San Diego Padres was Jordan Lyles, he was working through 7.1 innings of perfect game baseball as Trevor Story stepped up to the plate. This would have been

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Season So Far – Seattle Mariners

June 21, 2017 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Opinion, Pinch Hitting, Reviews

Welcome to B&N, Tom Young… Blind optimism is the greatest and worst thing for sports fans, it gives us all a reason to believe this year will be ‘the one’ but for most it makes poor performance that more difficult

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