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MLB Heading Back to the UK Next Year – London Mayor Sadiq Khan
Speculation has been rife in the European baseball community as to whether the COVID cancellation of the planned 2020 London Series between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals would leave Major League Baseball grasping a mere ‘cup of coffee’
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Meet the GB Baseball Euros ’21 Roster
New GB Baseball Men’s Head Coach, Drew Spencer, has named his first squad for a major international tournament ahead of the European Championships, which kick-off this Sunday in Turin, Italy with an opening fixture against France. Their pool also includes
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Tampa Bay Rays: Warding off doom-mongers in 2021
I have been a Rays fan for over a decade. Every offseason is a carbon copy of the last. No matter how well the previous season has gone the Rays are constantly written off, constantly overlooked and yet almost every
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The Return of Cora
Jack Hinchliff is making his BFN debut. Yet to find a team to follow, why not hit him up on Twitter and peddle your team to him? Do Damage! Do Damage! A slogan that epitomises the all-conquering 2018 Boston Red Sox and their first year manager
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Can the Diamondbacks take positives from a dour 2020 season?
Matthew O’Brien is a guest writer for the website, making his debut today! If 2020 was represented through a baseball season look no further than that of the 2020 Arizona Diamondbacks. Entering the season with hopes of a postseason appearance
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GB Baseball Appoints Drew Spencer as Men’s National Coach
The British Baseball Federation has acted swiftly to fill the gap left this Wednesday by the shock resignation of its long-term skipper Liam Carroll, promoting under 23s head coach Drew Spencer to the top table. Spencer, whose official title will
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Goodnight and Good Luck, First Pitch Carroll
The British Baseball Federation announced this lunchtime that Men’s Senior Team Coach Liam Carroll would be leaving his post with immediate effect, ending a 16 year association with the national team programme as a player, administrator and coach. It’s a
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Podcast Episode 185 – Dan Straily
Veteran MLB hurler Dan Straily talks about his ‘Journeyman’ career in the bigs with Oakland, Houston, the Cubs, Reds and Marlins. He shares stories of taking the field with Giancarlo Stanton in his MVP year, why Christian Yelich has prospered
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Interview with Lin An-Ko, CPBL’s Argentinian-Taiwanese Phenom
The original of this piece appeared at Baseball Argentina. We can’t thank their team enough for asking us to host it here too. Here’s a link to the original, in Spanish. In these pandemic times we are living through, with
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