Ten years looks to be the perfect duration from draft to studliness. The first round of the 2011 draft included Francisco Lindor, Anthony Rendon, Gerrit Cole, Trevor Bauer and George Springer, to name just five. In a feat unlikely to
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...and the rest
Should Austin Jackson’s home run robbery have stood?
Many of you will already know which play I am describing; some may have seen it live and for others they may know it thanks to the ever-delightful replay videos that MLB.tv have shown us in the past. But here
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College Baseball 2021 – a UK perspective
Like all of you reading this, I am ecstatic to see Major League Baseball return in a much more recognisable form than the version we saw in 2020. That being said, there has also been some top quality baseball going
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Fantasy Baseball Friday: Week Three Waiver Adds
Previewing week three of fantasy baseball with some waiver wire adds to make in your leagues.
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The Joy of The Closer
I absolutely love watching a dedicated closer pitch. The sheer drama that goes with it is, to my mind, fantastic. It becomes a baseball game in a microcosm almost, with the result boiled down to a single half-inning (I know it
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Early season overachievers & underachievers
Early season numbers blah, blah, blah. Small sample size yadda yadda yadda. There have been hot starts – looking at you Tyler Naquin – and there have been cold starts, like Miguel Sanó with three hits in 48 plate appearances.
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Episode 229 – Be Like Freddie
It’s our second weekly roundup show! Ben, Rob, Russell and Darius debate MLB’s mound-moving experiment in the Atlantic League and the merits of recent pitcher dominance, laud Freddie Freeman, Byron Buxton and Yadier Molina, while lamenting headhunting and replay review.
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San Francisco Giants: Compliments to Crawford
Brandon Crawford arrived at the Giants’ Oracle Park with the warmth of the morning sun on his shoulders. It was a beautiful day for San Francisco’s home opener as they hosted the Colorado Rockies to begin a three game series.
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Episode 228 – On the PISS
Tom is joined by MLB.com’s Anthony Castrovince and Statman extraordinaire, Russell Eassom to begin the life of the greatest baseball stat every created. People in 100 years from now will ask “Where were you when you first heard about PISS?”
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Fantasy Baseball Invitational : Brutal Week One
Wow, that was a pretty horrific start to the Bat Flips & Nerds Fantasy Baseball Invitational #BFNFBI. An 11-day scoring period to start the season in which you cannot make lineup changes. Injured players clogging up lineup slots and bench
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