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World Baseball Classic: Destination Phoenix for GB Baseball

October 23, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, GB Baseball, World Baseball Classic

Perhaps it was a lack of clarity from the WBC organisers, or more likely it was my failure to read the fixtures correctly, but I was convinced that the top team from the Regensburg qualifiers would progress to Pool A

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New York Mets: 2022 Season Review

October 23, 2022 Joshua Edwards Baseball, Opinion

Not many clubs have disappointing 101-win seasons, but that’s what happened to the Mets this year. Last Sunday night they fell 2-1 in the National League Wildcard round to the Padres, and the second-most successful regular season in Mets history

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Episode 299 – Do Geese Have Ears?

October 22, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

Russell, Rob and Ben get together to review an entertaining set of wildcard and division series that threw up some upsets and extra-inning marathons. They end with a quick look ahead to the Championship Series and Great Britain’s confirmed WBC

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I Sold my Soul to the Texas Rangers

October 9, 2022 Guest Contributor Baseball

The plan was hatched over a barbecue. Heavy with brisket, burnt ends, and beer, two friends and I decided to take the trip down to Arlington to see our first game of baseball. Earlier that day, we had toured AT&T

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Postseason 2022: Is This A Great Game Or What?

October 9, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

It was appropriate that the great Tim Kurkjian, whose catchphrase headlines this article, was in the booth for ESPN’s broadcast yesterday. We saw a couple of epic games. Diehard baseball fans had already enjoyed (or endured, depending on your point

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Oakland Athletics: 2022 Season review

October 9, 2022 Brett Walker Baseball, Team Contributors

That’s another season in the books for the Oakland Athletics. How to describe the A’s season? BFN editor Gavin has already described it as “dismal”, while another A’s fan privately said to me that this article would need to be

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Playoff baseball and blackout U-turn

October 8, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

It’s Saturday 8 October, and I have just watched the delayed coverage of the Padres’ emphatic win over the Mets. Four Wild Card games are in the bag, and the visitors won three of them. As a neutral, this sets

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San Francisco Giants: 2022 Regular Season Review

October 8, 2022 Ash Day Baseball, Team Contributors

The San Francisco Giants entered 2022 with high expectations. Nobody said they were guaranteed to win 107 games again but there was a certain level of competitiveness expected. After the lofty heights of 2021, surely the Giants would be back

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Episode 298 – This Postseason Preview Is Not Available In Your Location

October 7, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

Russell, Darius, Ben and Rachel join forces to briefly discuss the frustrating news about postseason blackouts internationally before diving into a full playoffs preview. 70 minutes of thought-provoking discussion eventually ends with them deciding the best teams are probably the

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Jason Heyward: The Cubs won the battle but not the WAR

October 5, 2022 Sean Guest Baseball, Team Contributors

Seven years on, it’s easy to forget that the Chicago Cubs’ decision to sign Jason Heyward to an 8-year, $184 million deal in 2016 was met with media fanfare. Jesse Rogers of ESPN described the outfielder as “an all-around player

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