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Author: GavGavinGavlaar

LONDON SERIES: Trafalgar Square Takeover

June 1, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Breaking News, London Series

MLB promised us that the 2023 London Series would be bigger and better than before, and they are living up to the deal. London is preparing to go baseball crazy on June 23-25, with the games between the St Louis

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LONDON SERIES PRIMER: Catchers

May 31, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, London Series

There is a dramatic difference between the catchers we are likely to see in London on June 24-25. The easy narrative is that Chicago’s catchers are old, glove-first veterans, whereas St Louis has a defensively-challenged, elite hitter behind the plate.

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LONDON SERIES PRIMER: The Best Fans in Baseball are coming to London

May 27, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, London Series

Cast your mind back to the first London Series, which the New York Yankees took 2-0, thanks to two incredible victories over the Boston Red Sox: 17-13 in Game One and 12-8 in Game Two. The Yankees man-mountain of an

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LONDON SERIES PRIMER: Who is the Chicago Cubs superstar?

May 25, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, London Series

One of the more surprising moves in baseball over the last 12 months was the inability/unwillingness (delete as appropriate) of the Atlanta Braves to sign their shortstop, Dansby Swanson, to a new contract. With a Gold Glove, a World Series

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Episode 314 – Eject the Ejections?

May 24, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

The crew are back to discuss the news that the BBC is showing a game this week. The London Series is right around the corner, so they contemplate the bizarre goings-on in St Louis and the state of the Cubs.

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LONDON SERIES Primer: Why are they called the Cubs?

May 23, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, London Series

Way back in 1876, the team was known as the “White Stockings”. In fact, the “White Stockings” remains the most successful incarnation of the franchise, with a .626 win percentage in the 13 years of their existence. In 1890, the

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LONDON SERIES Primer: Why are they called the Cardinals?

May 22, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, London Series

Just in case you are unsure, the “cardinal” in question is a bird, not a Catholic bishop. Here’s the back story… Formed in 1882, the team was originally called the Brown Stockings before transitioning into the St Louis Browns, and

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Great British Fantasy Baseball Superleague: Week Five Review

May 7, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Fantasy Baseball

After five weeks, three teams have accumulated more than 2000 points: Richard Davidson and Charlie Deeks, both in the NL Central, and Deep League Roto (aka me) in the Champions League. Despite their huge points tallies, neither Richard nor Charlie

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Episode 313 – Oakland No More and Early Overreactions

April 29, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

John, Rob and Ben talk about two of the biggest stories of the week: the Oakland A’s long-awaited announcement of their departure for Las Vegas and Madison Bumgarner’s release from the Diamondbacks. They then dive into some early season overreactions

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Chicago Cubs: The Steve Bartman Incident

April 29, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Pinch Hitting

In a sport with a history as long as baseball, anything that could’ve been done has probably been done before. And unfortunately, this also refers to scapegoating. Normally, a scapegoat refers to a player who has been ostracised by a

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