In the fourth of our 2021 Season Previews, we take to the American League, starting down the East Coast. Our guests this time up: MASN Orioles PxP Melanie Newman on the Orioles The Athletic Boston’s Jen McCaffrey on the Red
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Tag: New York Yankees
Episode 212 – Kevin Mahoney Joins the Show
In this joint-episode, John is joined by our great friend Matt Mutton of the British Baseball Podcast as they both chat to former New York Yankee, and Manager of the Knights of Britain franchise in the new European Super League
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Is free agent Trevor Bauer too divisive for a mega deal?
Full disclosure: I love watching Trevor Bauer pitch. I don’t think there is another starter out there that I will actively make the effort to tune into his outings. He’s not the best, but he is compelling. I love that
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What does 2021 have in store for the AL East?
It seems like a lifetime ago since I watched Blake Snell (and later Justin Turner for different reasons) slouch off the field at Globe Life Park in Arlington in Game Six of the World Series. It was the closest the
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2021 Free agents: Pay the DJ
Yeah, I get it. The tsunami of data available across baseball has allowed clubs to save millions upon millions of dollars by demonstrating that the expected production from a 32-year-old free agent could be only marginally different from a player
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Who is Kim Ng? Or, why you should be infuriated the new Miami Marlins GM was called an “outside-the-box” hire
I’m sorry. I’m about to be that guy who hands out toothbrushes to trick-or-treaters. My latest adulting milestone: ruining the fun. As you’ve probably heard by now, Kim Ng was today appointed by the Miami Marlins, becoming the first female
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Toronto Blue Jays: How to sabotage the AL East
[Note: Whilst drafting this COVID-19 has put the entire upcoming MLB season in serious doubt. Whilst the following may not even be relevant now and feels kind of pointless given the seriousness of the pandemic, I hope this post at
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A Rookie’s Guide to Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium is not rated highly by other baseball fans, but it is one of my absolute favourites! On 13 August 2012, the night before I got married in Central Park, I fell head-over-heels in love … with baseball. It
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Interview with MLB’s Bryan Hoch
Bryan Hoch has been the New York Yankees beat writer since 2007 and is the author of two best-selling books, The Baby Bombers: The Inside Story of the Next Yankees Dynasty and Mission 27: A New Boss, A New Ballpark
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New York Yankees 2020: Reasons for Optimism
What happened in 2019? For the first time since 2012, the Yankees ended the season as AL East Champions with a 103-59 record, also beating the Minnesota Twins in the ALDS, but the season was ultimately to end in abject
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