As one of maybe two Nationals fans left in the UK (looking at you, Rob), I feel it’s my civic duty to perform the abhorrent and self-flagellating task of running down the season expectations for the Washington baseball team in
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Ohtani, Trout and a Moment for the Ages
It is rare in baseball that the scripted Hollywood ending really happens. The rules of the sport make it statistically improbable: unlike in the NFL, or NBA, you cannot be sure that the ball will be in the hands of
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Atlanta Braves: Spring Training Key Battle Updates
We’re now just over one week until opening day in Washington, and the Braves have been busy making changes to their spring training roster. Having started with 66 players in major league camp, they’re now down to 42, with a
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New York Mets: José Quintana Out Until July Following Surgery
Jose Quintana will undergo surgery on his fractured rib and will be out for the first half of the 2023 season. The left-hander signed a two-year/$26 million deal in December 2022, following a successful second half of the season with
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Episode 309 – A Great Britain and WBC Review
Still on a high from GB’s extraordinary World Baseball Classic debut in Phoenix, Russell and John revisit the four games. With so many highlights, the duo did well to keep the pod to just over the hour. Listen to “Episode
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World Baseball Classic: GB beaten but not outclassed by Mexico
For the fourth straight game, Drew Spencer kept faith with the same starting nine, albeit with a slight adjustment to the order, dropping hitless Matt Koperniak down to sixth. The difference between the two starters was extraordinary. GB’s Joseph King
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World Baseball Classic: Ian on Tour – I was there when GB shocked the world
Well… what can we say about yesterday? Those of us that were here can now say, “I was there when GB shocked the world and won their first game in the World Baseball Classic!” And you know what, if we
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World Baseball Classic: GB only went and ****ing did it
The Canada defeat was history. All attention was on Colombia, and GB manager Drew Spencer stuck by his pre-tournament assessment and kept the lineup unchanged. It would have been easy to tinker with the spluttering infield, and perhaps if the
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World Baseball Classic: Ian on Tour – Celebrity Status Confirmed
I had branded this holiday as “the trip of a lifetime”, sometimes that can be a tough billing to live up to – but so far, every expectation that I’ve had has been exceeded. Honestly, what a rush this whole
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World Baseball Classic: Harry makes history but Canada show no mercy
Despite the narrative that “all of the games are winnable”, everyone knew that the meeting against Canada was, on paper, the most winnable. Manager Drew Spencer kept faith with the lineup that did him proud against the USA, and he
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