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Six days, five teams, four playoff spots

September 25, 2018 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball

With less than one week left of the regular season, the race for postseason spots in the National League could go down to the wire. The only thing for sure is that one team will be devastated, going home with

Quick hit: pitcher pop quiz

September 23, 2018 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball

Get your notebook and pen out, it’s back to school time as Gavin a.k.a. Tramps is back with a pitching pop quiz for the second half of the season… I spend more time than is healthy trawling through the stats

MLB on TV – final week of the regular season

September 21, 2018 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball

I like Matt Shoemaker, and not just because he is on my fantasy baseball dynasty team. In interviews, he seems like a good bloke. And at times, like the second half of 2014 when he posted an ERA of just

Tommy John surgery – bionic or barbaric?

September 20, 2018 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

In January 2018, the Oxford English Dictionary added 1,100 new entries. Some, like mansplaining, I hear from my daughters in response to sage advice I impart. Others, like hangry, are also directed at me, usually when I arrive home a