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Trade speculation: Reds and Indians

August 14, 2020 Gavin Baseball, Guest writer

Trade: Brad Hand to the Cincinnati Reds for RHP Joe Boyle Nearly everyone in Cleveland does not like Brad Hand in the closer role. I thought Cody Allen was tough to watch as a closer, but Hand has blown that

Minor League experience with Major League enjoyment

August 12, 2020 Gavin Baseball, Guest writer

As a baseball fan, I often looked at movies like Bull Durham and the like, and had a hankering to visit small-town America and go to a Minor League game. Like most sports, the real guts of it is not

Forever blowing bubbles

August 1, 2020 Gavin Baseball, Guest writer

The Major League Baseball season is becoming quite counterproductive at the moment. With all these positive tests popping up in several team’s locker rooms, how can MLB keep a competitive schedule? Major League Baseball has a problem on their hands.

Tampa Bay Rays: 2020 World Series Champions?

July 21, 2020 Gavin Baseball, Guest writer

If there’s one team that seems primed to take advantage of the anomalous 2020 MLB season, it’s the Tampa Bay Rays. The 60-game schedule and expanded rosters that are likely to define the forthcoming campaign play right into the hands

‘Expand your baseball knowledge beyond MLB’ feature – Episode #4 Savannah Bananas

April 27, 2020 Sarah Briggs Baseball, Beginner's Guide, Guest writer, Indy Ball, Pinch Hitting, Reviews, Team Contributors, Your New Favourite League

If you have not read my previous posts, I will give you a little background to my love of MiLB. I was diagnosed with terminal cancer back in September 2017, so decided

‘Expand your baseball knowledge beyond MLB’ feature – Episode #3 Charleston Riverdogs

April 18, 2020 Sarah Briggs Baseball, Beginner's Guide, Guest writer, Minoring in British, Pinch Hitting, Team Contributors, Your New Favourite League

If you have not read my previous articles about MiLB on the Batflips and Nerds’ website, I’ll give you a bit of background as to how my trip came about: I was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2017 and so

‘Expand your baseball knowledge beyond MLB’ feature – Episode #2 Montgomery Biscuits

March 26, 2020 Sarah Briggs Baseball, Beginner's Guide, Guest writer, Minoring in British, Official MiLB Affiliate, Pinch Hitting, Team Contributors

Riverwalk Stadium, home of the Montgomery Biscuits If you missed my first episode about the Macon Bacon, let me give you a bit of background. I was diagnosed with terminal cancer in September 2017 and immediately made a bucket list

Houston Astros: the most damaging aspect

March 15, 2020 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Guest writer

Message: Imagine turning up to your job for three years with the aim of being promoted to the top job. And then imagine that during that three-year period, you were overlooked for the top job because a colleague – someone

Fantasy baseball: I Used To Be The Best

March 6, 2020 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Fantasy Baseball, Guest writer

Who remembers when people used to bring newsprint magazines of fantasy values to a live draft or auction? (author raises hand) Ah, the good old days. There was a finite amount of fantasy information and you just read it and

An Ichiro Journey

March 6, 2020 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Guest writer

We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. Those words of TS Eliot came to mind while watching what turned