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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Category: Pinch Hitting
New York Yankees: My love of baseball
Well, here we are again baseball fans. The opening week of the season. That time of year we all look forward to. Where anything can happen, and we can all have hope. No matter what team we support. My love
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MLB 2023: Matt’s 30 in 35 Challenge
In July 2023, Matt leaves the UK for New York at the start of his epic challenge to visit watch a game in all 30 MLB grounds in 35 days.
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Chip Caray is leaving the Braves – what now?
Chip Caray, the voice of the Braves on TV for the last 13 years, is leaving for the Cardinals. What will that mean for Braves fans going forward? For 47 years, there has been a Caray in the booth calling
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The Red Sox Are This Season’s Most Intriguing Deadline Story
Flash back two months, and most commentators and evaluators had completely written off the Boston Red Sox. Vultures were ready to pluck clean the arid corpse of a 10-19 team, with the likes of Nathan Eovaldi, J.D. Martinez and even
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The Return of Cora
Jack Hinchliff is making his BFN debut. Yet to find a team to follow, why not hit him up on Twitter and peddle your team to him? Do Damage! Do Damage! A slogan that epitomises the all-conquering 2018 Boston Red Sox and their first year manager
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Proud and humble; Marlins keep on winning
Nobody, literally nobody: After a few days in to the season become the most hated franchise around baseball for outbreak among the team with COVID-19, fear of getting cancelled and maybe shutting down the league. Stay in a hotel for
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Stay humble, but for how long?
At 9:41pm on the 30th September, the Astros published this tweet. Let’s hear about those busted brackets. #ForTheH pic.twitter.com/hJ4nRdY4BD — Houston Astros (@astros) September 30, 2020 People on Twitter got mad. I know, I was shocked too. People wanted the
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CPBL: Lights, Camera, Action – An Interview with Gene Wang
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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Stadium Review – Colorado Rockies – Coors Field, Denver
I am on a quest to visit all 30 Major League ballparks – so far, I’ve done 13 in eight years, which is not bad going. The visits to Coors Field were part of a road trip around Colorado and
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