Whether they’re willing to admit it or not, every baseball fan has a favourite baseball
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The Grand Slam of Emotions: Baseball’s Epic Journey Through the MLB Season
Welcome to the ballpark, the cathedral of summer where the Major League Baseball (MLB) saga
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My favourite player: Ash Day on Brandon Crawford
Whether they’re willing to admit it or not, every baseball fan has a favourite baseball player. Maybe it’s their favourite team’s current ace, the random right fielder whose jersey they received as a Christmas gift when they were eight years
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The Grand Slam of Emotions: Baseball’s Epic Journey Through the MLB Season
Welcome to the ballpark, the cathedral of summer where the Major League Baseball (MLB) saga unfolds with all the twists and turns of a classic novel. Here, the grass is always green, the hot dogs are perpetually hot, and the
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My favourite player: Charlie Deeks on Andrelton Simmons
Whether they’re willing to admit it or not, every baseball fan has a favourite baseball player. Maybe it’s their favourite team’s current ace, the random right fielder whose jersey they received as a Christmas gift when they were eight years
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MLB Rivalries: Miami Marlins vs Tampa Bay Rays
In this edition of MLB Rivalries, we’ll be looking at another geographic rivalry; the Citrus Series between the Miami Marlins and the Tampa Bay Rays. Fresh off both teams being knocked out of the playoffs in their respective Wildcard Series
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BFN ROUNDTABLE: MLB Owners Approve A’s Move to Vegas
The Oakland Athletics’ long-expected move to Las Vegas took another step closer last week with the owners of all MLB teams voting unanimously in favour of the A’s relocation to Sin City. In addition to our A’s contributor Brett Walker’s
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No more bets: The A’s relocation to Las Vegas finally approved
Finally, the inevitable has been confirmed – last Thursday (16 November), MLB announced that its owners have voted unanimously in favour of the Oakland A’s relocation to Las Vegas. I would say that this brings to a close an issue
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MLB 2023: Comeback Kids – another Bat Flips & Nerds competition
The concept of this competition was beautifully simple. Pick five hitters who would combine for the most WAR in 2023. However, the list of available players were all worth less than 1.0 fWAR in 2022 but had previously enjoyed 2.0+
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MLB Rivalries: Chicago Cubs vs Chicago White Sox
In this edition of MLB Rivalries, we’re looking at another cross-city rivalry; The Crosstown Classic between the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox. This time, we’re really opening a can of worms too, as Cubs fan and Bat Flips
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Great British Fantasy Baseball Superleague 2023
Let’s be honest: it was an overly optimistic idea to create a 10-division competition for (mainly) British fantasy baseball fanatics. And then, to structure it so that everyone was competing for the overall highest points scorer prize just made it
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Fantasy Baseball 2023: One from each MLB team
This is the trickiest of all of the leagues that we ran this year. The strategy starts way before the first-round pick, and the pressure doesn’t let up until your 30th pick. The idea is incredibly simple to understand but
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