The New York Mets and Jeff McNeil have agreed to a four-year, $50 million extension,
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Chip Caray is leaving the Braves – what now?
Chip Caray, the voice of the Braves on TV for the last 13 years, is
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New York Mets Lock Down Jeff McNeil for the Next Four Years
The New York Mets and Jeff McNeil have agreed to a four-year, $50 million extension, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The deal is currently pending a physical, which if passed, means the Mets will have locked in their second baseman for
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Chip Caray is leaving the Braves – what now?
Chip Caray, the voice of the Braves on TV for the last 13 years, is leaving for the Cardinals. What will that mean for Braves fans going forward? For 47 years, there has been a Caray in the booth calling
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Episode 303 – Drew Spencer, GB Baseball on the World Baseball Classic
GB Baseball Head Coach Drew Spencer joins John to look back on his squad’s historic qualification for the 2023 World Baseball Classic in Regensburg last Autumn, and ahead to the big dance in March. They get into how a programme
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2023 MLB World Series: What to expect
The 2023 Major League Baseball World Series is just around the corner, and fans are already speculating on which teams will be vying for the title. The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers are two of the favourites but
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Are John Angelos and Phil Castellini the Connor and Roman Roy of Baseball?
To be honest, I was unaware of the phrase “born on third base” until this week. It is a slightly derogatory term, the baseball equivalent of “born with a silver spoon in your mouth” and is usually directed at the
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World Baseball Classic: Meet GB’s Opponents Part 1: Team USA
At 2:00am (UK time) on Sunday 12 March, GB players will line up at Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona for their first game of the World Baseball Classic 2023. It is hard to imagine a tougher opening fixture for Drew Spencer’s
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San Francisco Giants: A Winter To Remember Part 2: Position Players
Welcome back to our look at the Giants offseason to remember, a recap of the players the club have secured for 2023 (and beyond). Let’s get the obvious out of the way: of course it was disappointing, nigh excruciatingly painful,
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Build A Perfect Franchise: Not As Easy As You Think
The premise is simple; create the perfect baseball franchise from scratch. The idea was suggested by The Athletic’s MLB senior managing editor, Sarah Goldstein, but bizarrely, she did not invite Bat Flips & Nerds to participate, instead favouring The Athletic’s
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San Francisco Giants: A Winter To Remember Part 1: Pitchers
For a while there, the Giants’ offseason was looking downright awful. When the club missed out on Aaron Judge in agonising fashion, that was a low point. Then the Carlos Correa saga began; another twist of the knife for Giants
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MLB Meetup: Finally Facing my Waterloo
I am not weird; I’m just a little socially awkward. When you get to know me – and it takes a while – I’m an ok guy. And you’ll probably never be aware of the demons I battled when we
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