Red Sox – Bat Flips and Nerds

‘He is Joy’ – Koji Uehara was a Feeling

October 22, 2017 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, He is Joy, Pinch Hitting

In the first of a new recurring series, John explains his love for the former Red Sox closer. Koji Uehara is 42 years old. He didn’t make the playoff roster in a battered and pilloried Cubs bullpen. Those two things

Baseball Is Coming (in 2019/2020)

July 29, 2017 Thomas Pringle Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Yesterday Major League Baseball’s collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for 2017-2021 was draft complete and released. Included within the weighty tome, was information we in the UK have been waiting for. A series of games will be coming to the British

A Brief History Of Mound Charges – Part 2

June 30, 2017 Rob Noverraz Baseball

Picking up where we left off in part one, here are three more mound charging episodes that we all secretly enjoyed whilst pretending outwardly that it has no place in the game. This time we have two Venturas for

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Battlegrounds Profile: Cliff Floyd

June 21, 2017 Darius Austin Baseball

With MLB UK’s Battlegrounds event on July 4th fast approaching, it’s time we get to know the former MLB players who will be starring on the day. First up is an Expos, Marlins and Mets outfielder who spent 17 seasons

A Brief History of Mound Charges – Part 1

June 12, 2017 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Opinion

Rob Noverraz breaks down a few of his favourite moments in all of baseball… ‘Baseball is a game of pitching, batting, fielding and running; none of us want to see brawls.’ Half of the previous sentence is accurate and that’s

Red Sox – Yankees in London? No Thanks.

January 3, 2017 John McGee Baseball, Opinion

Reports in the States suggest that MLB will go for a big bang with their first London series. Drab killjoy John McGee wants to rain on that parade.

Dave Dombrowski – Last Totem of the West

December 7, 2016 John McGee Baseball

As the world collectively weeps, Trader Dave gets to work.

What next for the Yankees?

November 29, 2016 John McGee Baseball, Previews

Can you win anything with kids? Or maybe kids and a vile bloke with a cannon for an arm? Brian Cashman probably can

So You’ve Decided to Follow Baseball – Playoff Special

October 4, 2016 John McGee Baseball, Beginner's Guide

Egads! It’s Darius Austin… So the season’s over, and the Cubs are the champions. Wait…what’s that? They have to keep playing? Yes, like all American sports, the end of the season means playoffs. If this is your first time following

Thanks Papi – How David Ortiz (Sort Of) Saved My Life

September 30, 2016 John McGee Baseball

I fell in love with baseball in 2004 – the year I had a nervous breakdown. The two weren’t connected. Back then I was an overly earnest 19 year old from a rural backwater struggling to find a sense of place at