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Author: GavGavinGavlaar

Baltimore Orioles 2020: Reasons for optimism

February 7, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

What happened in 2019? Oh my! On Sunday 31 March, Paul Fry came on in the ninth inning to strike out Troy Tulowitzki and secure the series win over the New York Yankees. The season went downhill as soon as

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Episode 147 – Emergency pod: You Betts-er believe

February 6, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

Tom, John, Russell and special guest Joey Bailey from Four Bases combine to run through the blockbuster Mookie Betts trade that took place last night. 20 minutes in, Tom’s computer shits itself and he’s gone from the pod. So stick

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San Francisco Giants 2020: Reasons for optimism

February 5, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

What happened in 2019? Lots! The franchise said goodbye to their manager of 13 years, Bruce Bochy. He oversaw as many wins as he did defeats, but guiding the Giants to three World Series Championships in the 2010s surely cements

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Did six teams win in the Mookie Betts deal?

February 5, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

With the dust still settling from the blockbuster trade that sent Mookie Betts from one coast of the USA to the other, it seems like the deal was a win-win-win-win-win-win for six teams. Is that even possible? The big winners

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Arizona Diamondbacks 2020: Reasons for optimism

February 4, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

What happened in 2019? The glass-half-full view is that second-place behind the Dodgers was probably the best that the Diamondbacks could have hoped for, and they achieved it with a +70 run differential. The less optimistic view is that 21

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Never too old for baseball

February 3, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

Can a complete novice turn up and participate in your training session on Sunday? Even if they’re in their 50s? Asking for a “friend”. Send. An immediate reply came back from Cambridge Baseball Club that of course, my “friend” would

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Is this the end of an era for the Cleveland Indians?

January 28, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

In a recent tweet, fantasy baseball writer Scott White lamented that 21 of the 22 teams in his dynasty league were rebuilding. This sad state of affairs shows how easy it is for fantasy baseball players to throw in the

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Harry and Meghan with Boston Red Sox

Harry & Meghan move to the land of the elite

January 24, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

The choice of Canada as the destination for Harry and Meghan to begin their new life was an easy one. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (if we are still allowed to call them that) needed a destination befitting their

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The one where GAV MET A HALL OF FAMER

January 22, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, London Series, Opinion

Tony Pérez is one of the greatest players to have ever played baseball. Whether you agree or not depends on how you define greatness. As a teenager growing up in Cuba, his choices were a career in baseball or a

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A decade of baseball in 101 useless stats

January 13, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

On Sunday 4 April 2010, Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Josh Beckett induced weak contact from New York Yankees Derek Jeter in the first MLB play of the decade. Here are 100 more useless snippets of information for you. Unless

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