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Author: GavGavinGavlaar

Stat kings: Early season stat leaders

May 12, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

With 30ish games in the books (120ish at-bats), we have enough data to give us a leaderboard for various statistical categories. HOME RUNS Aaron Judge is the only player with double-digit homers. The Yankees’ superstar, who becomes a free agent

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LONDON SERIES: What a time to be alive for baseball fans in Europe

May 11, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, London Series

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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Fantasy Baseball Eliminator: The First Cut

May 11, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Fantasy Baseball

Refresher: The 2021 Bat Flips & Nerds Fantasy Baseball Invitational was fun… but also a little boring for the teams not battling out for the championship. The Draft and Hold format was not conducive to league-wide participation. I wanted to

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Watching the Oakland Athletics should not be this difficult

April 18, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Team Contributors

As a founding member of the Jorge Mateo fan club, I was very excited when the Athletics home opener against the Orioles (Mateo’s team) coincided with my trip to the bay area. Blessed, as I am with two daughters, I

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Episode 276 – Jonny Gomes, Live from Home Run House

April 14, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

Listen to John’s exclusive chat with Two-Time World Series Champ and Home Run Derby X Legend Jonny Gomes from this Saturday’s huge MLB UK Community Meetup at Home Run House in London. You can grab tickets for Home Run Derby

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Episode 275 – The BFN Predictions Show (Noverraz Remix)

April 14, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

The BFN ‘B’ team take a stab at their preseason predictions as Rob and Russell are joined by celebrity guest Gav to prove their overwhelmingly superior baseball knowledge – I highly doubt they’ll mention it but they did prove the

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Episode 274 – The BFN Predictions Show (Pringle Edition)

April 14, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

The annual predictions show is back! John, Tom, Darius, Ben and that beautiful spreadsheet give their win totals for all 30 MLB teams with some spirited debate along the way. We’ll be dead wrong about almost everything but fear not

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Episode 273 – 2022 AL East Preview

April 14, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

For the final of our 2022 Previews we are in the AL East and joined by: Melanie Newman, PxP for the Baltimore Orioles Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic on the Red Sox Keith McPherson of WFAN on the Yankees Rays

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Episode 272 – 2022 NL West Preview

April 14, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

In our penultimate preview we cover the NL West, joined by: Zach Buchanan of The Athletic on the Diamondbacks Thomas Harding of MLB.com on the Rockies Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic on The Dodgers A Mystery Padres Guest Susan Slusser

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Episode 271 – 2022 AL West Preview

April 14, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

For the fourth of our 2022 MLB Previews, we focus on the AL West and are joined by: Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle on the Astros Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register on the Angels Steve Berman of

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