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Tag: Chicago Cubs

Episode 304 – National League Offseason Review

February 2, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

Russell, Darius, Ben and Gav continue the Bat Flips & Nerds review of the offseason but this time for the National League teams. Each team is given a grade based on the traditional 80-20 baseball grading scale. Listen to “Episode

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Big spending and strong trading: The story of the offseason so far 

January 6, 2023 Brett Walker Baseball, Team Contributors

Happy New Year everyone. Hope you all enjoyed the Christmas and New Year season, and were able to find time for some rest and relaxation. Prior to the festivities, there was a flurry of activity to start the MLB off-season.

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WHAT AN OFFSEASON! NL CENTRAL EDITION

December 23, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

With the Cubs and Cardinals due in the UK for the 2023 London Series, the NL Central will be of more interest than usual to most baseball fans on this side of the Atlantic. Here is your five-minute rundown of

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LONDON SERIES 2023: Ticket News Announcement

November 16, 2022 Russell Eassom Baseball, London Series

It is 220 days until London hosts its third MLB game. On Wednesday 16th November, Chase Utley, MLB’s ambassador in Europe, was at London Stadium, Stratford, to place a ceremonial home plate for the forthcoming MLB games and to mark

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MLB LONDON SERIES: Have you registered for pre-sale access?

November 10, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, London Series

Palpable! I love the word palpable (a feeling or atmosphere so intense as to seem almost tangible). And the anticipation for the London Series 2023 between the Chicago Cubs and the St Louis Cardinals is definitely palpable. Tickets will shortly

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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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Making Sense Of The Willson Contreras Conundrum

August 9, 2022 Sean Guest Baseball, Team Contributors

Just when you think you’ve got these Chicago Cubs pegged, something happens to blow that perception out of the water. Take last week’s trade deadline, for example. It looked for all the world as if Jed Hoyer would move Willson

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London Series: Cardinals and Cubs to play in MLB London Series 2023

August 4, 2022 Joshua Edwards Baseball, Breaking News, London Series

Hold on to your hats, folks. MLB has confirmed that the two teams competing in the 2023 London Series are… drumroll… the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals. The two games will take place on 24-25 June 2023, marking

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Epic Deadline Day with 29 of the 30 teams making trades. Guess the party pooper?

August 3, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

Here is your five-minute review of the breathless 2022 MLB trade deadline. There is only one place to start and as the great Tim Kurkjian said “you can make a case this is the biggest trade in baseball history.” The

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Home Run Derby X: What a bunch of whining Brits

July 28, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, London Series

On Saturday, I stood in sweltering conditions for hours on end. It was 35 degrees in the shade, although as shade was at a premium, I don’t know how they recorded that. Refreshments from a makeshift bar involved a one-mile

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