It hasn’t been the easiest of first halves for reigning National League Cy Young Award winning pitcher Sandy Alcántara. He’s currently posting a 90 ERA+ and has already given up almost the same amount of runs as he did last
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San Francisco Giants: Patrick Bailey ushers in new era
Alex Wood takes a deep breath, sets himself, then kicks and fires an 86 mph changeup, low and away. Wood’s pitch hasn’t caught enough of the plate to entice a swing from Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen but someone else
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The Curious Case of Selecting an A’s All-Star – The 2023 edition
On Thursday evening, MLB will be announcing this year’s MLB All Star Game selections. Yet again, the A’s social media channels, along with Dallas Braden, Vince Cotroneo and Johnny Doskow during the A’s game broadcasts on NBC Sports California, have
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Last Week in Atlanta – Week 12
The Braves came into the week looking to best two red hot teams in the Phillies and the Reds. After one game that went to extras and four more decided by one or two runs, where do the Braves stand
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The London Series: the BBC’s coverage review
For those who were unable to go down to London for this weekend’s London Series games, we instead had to rely upon the BBC’s coverage of the games, which were shown on iPlayer and the BBC Sport app. I was
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Last Week in Atlanta – Week 11
Another cracking week is in the books, and there’s now no doubting the Braves ability to score runs. How can the Braves build on two excellent weeks? Overall Record: 45-26, 1st place in NL East Record this week: 5-1 Best
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London Series: How I fell in love with the Cubs: Alexander Cardador
Attend an MLB meet-up in the UK and you’re likely to meet a whole bunch of Cubs fans. Maybe it’s because of their 2016 World Series win, or their UK-friendly 1.20pm starts, or perhaps it’s because of beautiful, historic Wrigley
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Last Week in Atlanta – Week 10
This was the week defined by the comeback – a flurry of late runs in three of the six games this week gave the Braves two much needed series wins over divisional rivals. Overall Record: 40-25, 1st place in NL
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London Series: How I fell in love with the Cubs: Renee Francis
Attend an MLB meet-up in the UK and you’re likely to meet a whole bunch of Cubs fans. Maybe it’s because of their 2016 World Series win, or their UK-friendly 1.20pm starts, or perhaps it’s because of beautiful, historic Wrigley
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San Francisco Giants: Leadoff LaMonte, the All-Star?
LaMonte Wade Jr. was something of an afterthought before his breakout season in 2021. Two unremarkable cups of coffee with the Twins were not an indication of the impact Wade would later enjoy after his February 2021 trade to the
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