I have always been a football fanatic. My earliest memories involve watching men on the TV running around against a green backdrop. I played the game from a tender age, and I collected cards, completed sticker albums and acquired shirts
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Tag: Brewers
Milwaukee Brewers 2020: Reasons for optimism
What happened in 2019? The whole of the state of Wisconsin (and several areas of the UK inhabited by Brewers fans) yelped with despair on 11 September, when superstar and reigning MVP Christian Yelich dragged a slider into his leg,
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Who to support in September if your team has been eliminated
Games matter more in September. They don’t of course. But they also do. As chances to make up deficits grow thinner and the magic numbers trickle down into single digits, the spotlight shines bright on teams on the precipice –
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Tanking is Stupid, Think of the Fans!
Here with a hard-hitting polemic is our new Thunderer, Chris Brown… Residents of Florida this year must be hoping that Spring Training gets extended, because it seems at the moment that March is the only time they’ll get to see
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Blake’s Free Agent Finds – 21-26 June
We’re back again for some more Free Agent Finds, in-between my piece/rant about the Nationals bullpen. Some of the first few players I list this week have relatively high owned percentages so it’s possible they may not be available in
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Tuckin’ Hell – Part 11
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? They
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Blake’s Free Agent Finds – 15-21 June
I must be doing something right now, as I’m now onto my third Free Agent Finds column, although I seemingly managed to put a curse on Dinelson Lamet who decided to blow up in my face. Such is the life
Read moreEpisode 33 – Gryffindor Gosewisch & Gammon Samardzija
Ben and Tom join John in wondering how to pronounce Scooter Gennett’s surname, whether anyone saw his four homers under that came uni, and to dig deep on the roasting hot Houston Astros. As ever, fan questions lead things to
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Blake’s Fantasy Free Agent Finds – 8-14 June
Back again for a second week, it’s Blake Finney… Hopefully after a few of you were able to grab some of the players I mentioned last week (even if two of them are now Day-to-Day *facepalm*), After another week of
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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