Before the season starts, and no matter what sport you watch, there are always crazy trade rumours. Sometimes they are crazy because they are so unbelievable and some of them are just mean. The media links a beloved former player
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Five is Back – Part One: Hero to Heartbreaker.
A few months prior to the start of the season, rumours of Albert Pujols returning to St Louis began to swirl, and I surprisingly had quite a measured reaction. Now, as it’s just you and me here, I will be
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A month in baseball. MLB Review: May 2022
Indulge me with five minutes of your time, and we will review the month in MLB together. Which team led MLB with 46 homers? Full marks if you said the Milwaukee Brewers, just ahead of the Los Angeles Angels with
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Episode 282 – Robert Stock Joins the Show
RHP Robert Stock joins John to chat about his new life as staff ace of the KBO’s Doosan Bears, and his circuitous path to the bigs with San Diego, Boston, the Mets and Cubs, which took in catching lessons from
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LONDON SERIES: What a time to be alive for baseball fans in Europe
Pinch yourself. If you see a photo below of London Mayor Sadiq Khan with MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, then you are not dreaming. So, it seems that MLB coming back to Europe is a reality. MLB has announced a long-term
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Episode 269 – 2022 NL Central Preview
For our 2022 NL Central Preview we are joined by: Boog Sciambi, Cubs Announcer for Marquee Sports C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic on the Reds Dario Melendez, Bally Sports WI’s Brewers Host Alex Stumpf of DK Sports Pittsburgh on
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St Louis: Baseball Heaven?
St Louis: Home of the Best Fans in Baseball St Louis: Baseball Heaven St Louis: Thank God baseball is back. While baseball is one of the three major American sports and is of course, important all across the country, baseball
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30 BOLDish predictions: One for each MLB team
AL WEST Houston Astros Jeremy Pena debuts for the Astros and creates an unstoppable middle-infield pairing with Jose Altuve. Both players hit over .300, and there’s not a single banged trashcan to be heard. Los Angeles Angels Injuries disrupt Mike
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Walk This Way: How the 2021 Cardinals Gave Runs Away
As baseball is a summer sport, here in the middle of winter we sit at the equal-ish point between last year and this year. So I thought I would stop and have a look around at some of the main
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End of An Era – The Boys of the Endless Summer
Welcome to BFN, our new Cardinals contributor Jennifer Annely One of the things that sets baseball apart from other sports is that it is not defined by time. Baseball is played in innings and they can be as long or
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