I’m currently sat at 40,000ft on an RAF Voyager heading back from Cyprus to the UK. It’s not a particularly long flight (4 hours 40 minutes), but it’s one that requires some entertainment to keep a brain stimulated. Books, magazines,
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Minoring in British – April/Early May
You’d be forgiven for thinking that Great Britain has no prospects currently representing us in the Minors. What with Darius pensioning off Chris Reed, stalwarts Chris Berset and Antoan Richardson also announcing retirements and all the hoo-ha and celebration about MLB’s
Read moreEpisode 28 – Schimpf Cocktail Military Megamix
John and Darius stick a fork in the Mets before casting an eye over the bona fides of two phenomena – Aaron Judge and the Minnesota Twins. Ryan Schimpf and Eric Thames prove that some guys are easier to nickname
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Tuckin’ Hell – Part 4
Tom Pringle (@PedroiasFace) will be covering the Padres during the season. His updates won’t be game-recaps, more like weekly or monthly recaps. If you don’t get the twist on words in the title, you’re dead to him. What Happened? The
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Top Five GIFs Of The Week: Week Four
Ooh boy, this was a bumper week for GIFs. Much like London buses, general elections and Toronto Blue Jays victories you wait all year for one and then several appear at once. Amid the cacophony of brilliance we were treated
Read moreThe British Fan’s Game Planner, May 2nd-7th
One aspect of baseball fandom that most British fans will be familiar with is that it’s often quite hard to watch live baseball on a regular basis. If you work unusual hours it’s a different matter, but for the fan
Read moreEpisode 26 – Dirty Old River Soldiers On
With Tom ‘on manoeuvres’ Ben and Darius join John to find a fitting nickname for phenom Eric Thames and to discuss which pitchers they love and love to hate. Health warning for fans of John Lackey, Big Degsy Jeter and
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Top Five GIFs Of The Week: Week Three
Apologies for the late arrival of the third edition of our GIFs of the Week series, due to a series of random drug tests, we were forced to delay publication. But, much like the man we’re attempting to nickname, we have lots
Read moreNicknaming Our New Hero, Eric Thames
Eric Thames is crushing it. “It” being baseballs, over, and over, and over again. It took all of three games for Thames to show off his power after almost five years away from the majors: Your browser does not support
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Tuckin’ Hell – Part 3
Tom Pringle (@PedroiasFace) will be covering the Padres during the season. His updates won’t be game-recaps, more like weekly or monthly recaps. If you don’t get the twist on words in the title, you’re dead to him. What Happened? After
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