Who remembers Freddy Adu? I was reminded of the once-wonderkid by a flurry on social media last weekend after he’d scored his first goal for new club Las Vegas Lights FC. For those of you who don’t know, Freddy Adu
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Tag: Pittsburgh Pirates
The Anthony Rizzo slide: a comprehensive breakdown
Making his Batflips and Nerds debut, we welcome guest writer Jason Toms, a Pirates fan who – shockingly – has a few things to say about Anthony Rizzo’s slide… I’m going to try to remain objective here, but it’s difficult.
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It’s been a long wait
It’s been a long wait for Austin Meadows. The 23 year old, left-hitting centre-fielder was finally called up to the majors by the Pittsburgh Pirates, after Starling Marte was placed on the DL. The 9th pick in the 2013 draft
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Are the Pirates for real?
On January 13th 2018, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded away their ace Gerrit Cole to the Houston Astros. Cole was the first player selected in the 2011 draft, and after making his debut in 2013 he was a regular in the
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Way Too Early Fantasy Sleepers
It’s every Fantasy Baseball players favourite time of year. The yearly ESPN Fantasy Baseball maintenance! The Superbowl is over (as a Redskins fan I’m disregarding the result..), which means Pitchers and Catchers start reporting to Spring Training in the next
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The Pittsburgh Pirates – Panic Stations or Trust the Process?
Welcome to BF&N, Estevão Maximo… Contrary to popular belief, even if you do things the right way, it might not work. In baseball and sports in general, the reason for using correct objective methodology is to get the best chance
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MLB Rookies of 2017 – Part 1
At the time of writing (some weeks ago – a very tardy and apologetic ed.), 153 players had made their MLB debut in 2017. Just over half way through the season I was interested to see how the newbies are
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