When Jackie Robinson took the field on Opening Day 1947, he made history as the first black man to break the colour barrier in Major League Baseball. Robinson’s incredible fortitude opened the door and began the long-overdue process of integrating
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Paul Robinson shares his thoughts about Comerica Park’s next generation… AL AVILA – GM I still do not think Al Avila is the right man to continue with the rebuild of the franchise. His past transgressions have seen to that
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Veteran MLB hurler Dan Straily talks about his ‘Journeyman’ career in the bigs with Oakland, Houston, the Cubs, Reds and Marlins. He shares stories of taking the field with Giancarlo Stanton in his MVP year, why Christian Yelich has prospered
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Oh Crumbs! Biscuits and Baseball! I know you have all been waiting with bated breath for this! Yes, this is indeed the final instalment of my insights into which biscuit best represents each MLB team. This started after a pre-podcast
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Arguably the most beloved player in the 59-year history of the New York Mets, David Wright retired in front of 42,000 Mets fans on September 29th 2018. Wright had two plate appearances, a walk in the first inning and a
Read more🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 As you may be aware we’re holding a Mental Health Awareness Week raffle for @MindCharity. Entries are £2 each via https://www.paypal.me/batflipsandnerds. Please remember to untick the pay for goods and services options so all the donation can go to
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In 2018 I summarised the plans for a dreamy new stadium in Tampa Bay that was supposed to be the glittering home of the Rays for decades to come. The dream ended and we’ve woken up to a very different
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Apologies for the delay but fear not, because we are BACK with the next instalment of our ‘Bat Flips does Baseball’ series, where members of the UK baseball community are transplanted into the 2020 Major League season to see if
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The original of this piece appeared at Baseball Argentina. We can’t thank their team enough for asking us to host it here too. Here’s a link to the original, in Spanish. In these pandemic times we are living through, with
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Gene Wang is a sports photojournalist based in Taiwan. He currently spends a lot of time photographing CPBL games. He has kindly taken some time out from his busy schedule to answer some questions, and provide his own personal insight
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