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Author: Russell Eassom

2022 Retrospective Series – New York Yankees

November 25, 2022 Russell Eassom Baseball

On the surface you would say this was a good season for the Yankees, they comfortably won the division which wasn’t the prediction of many pundits going into the season. But it ended in a sweep to their new arch-rivals

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LONDON SERIES 2023: Ticket News Announcement

November 16, 2022 Russell Eassom Baseball, London Series

It is 220 days until London hosts its third MLB game. On Wednesday 16th November, Chase Utley, MLB’s ambassador in Europe, was at London Stadium, Stratford, to place a ceremonial home plate for the forthcoming MLB games and to mark

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World Baseball Classic Qualifier Day 1 – Recap

September 18, 2022 Russell Eassom Baseball, GB Baseball

The first day of games in Regensburg were action packed with Spain edging out South Africa, and Great Britain pummelling France to stay in the winner’s side of the tournament. France and South Africa find themselves one loss away from

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Angels’ Reid Detmers: A No-No built on a Marsh

May 11, 2022 Russell Eassom Baseball

Luck will always be an intrinsic part of sport and especially in the world of baseball. Last night Reid Detmers of the Los Angeles Angels threw a no-hitter, which is a remarkable achievement no matter the circumstances. What was truly

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Pitching Analysis: Expected Value, Stuff and Control

January 9, 2022 Russell Eassom Baseball

In modern baseball, there are many ways to try to analyse a pitcher’s performance. They all have their uses, and they all are helpful when used in the right context. So, why not add some more to the works. Today,

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All doubles are equal, but some are more equal than others

November 8, 2021 Russell Eassom Baseball

There was a lot of furore about a couple of bizarre plays in this postseason, the one which probably drew the most ire and, therefore the most tweets, was the Kevin Kiermaier’s “rule double” off the hip of Hunter Renfroe.

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If the Yankees are not evil anymore, what’s next?

May 10, 2021 Russell Eassom Baseball

I’ve partially watched and followed baseball since the early 2000s but it wasn’t until 2013 that I started watching MLB in earnest. Despite all that, I have known for decades that the Yankees were the dominant team of MLB. It

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Yadier Molina is so good, he impacts games he isn’t playing in

April 22, 2021 Russell Eassom Baseball

Yadier Molina recently passed 2,000 games as a catcher which is a phenomenal milestone. He becomes only the sixth player to do this in MLB and was the first to do with just one team. He is a generational talent

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Should Austin Jackson’s home run robbery have stood?

April 20, 2021 Russell Eassom Baseball

Many of you will already know which play I am describing; some may have seen it live and for others they may know it thanks to the ever-delightful replay videos that MLB.tv have shown us in the past. But here

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The Unofficial MLB Player Championship

April 8, 2021 Russell Eassom Baseball

There are many ways to determine who is the best player in a sport right now, especially baseball, but most are fraught with debate on which methods and stats are better. There are a few major sports however which generally

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