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Tag: Diamondbacks

Five Way Too Early Takeaways from MLB Opening Weekend

April 11, 2022 Bat Flips Admin Baseball

As the old baseball saying goes, three or four games is far too few to glean anything in baseball – small sample sizes and all that – still the Orioles are already 0-3 and dead last in the AL East

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Arizona Diamondbacks – Prospects to Watch in 2022

December 9, 2021 Matthew O'Brien Baseball, Team Contributors

Hey, we have a Dbacks contributor now! Welcome Matt O’Brien… With 2021 firmly in the rear-view mirror and with the return of a full minor league season after a Covid induced hiatus, I thought now would be a good time

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Who to support in September if your team has been eliminated

September 2, 2019 Ben Carter Baseball

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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Three minutes on the Arizona Diamondbacks

December 13, 2018 GavGavinGavlaar Opinion

When Ronan Keating sang “Life is a rollercoaster”, he probably wasn’t thinking about the ups and downs in the life of a Diamondbacks fan. Despite having finished 11 games behind the Dodger Blue behemoth in the NL West in 2017,

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Joey Votto and the Mystery of the Silver Slugger

November 11, 2017 Bat Flips Admin Pinch Hitting

A warm welcome to ‘Baseball Brit’, Joey Mellows… With the 2017 season now in the books, fans of baseball have an agonising wait before Thursday March 29th when all 30 teams start their hopeful 2018 campaigns. In the mean-time there

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Episode 33 – Gryffindor Gosewisch & Gammon Samardzija

June 11, 2017 Bat Flips Admin Baseball

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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Twins v Rays? Who Cares? Well, Maybe You Should…

June 4, 2017 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Opinion

Welcome podcast contributor and Rays fanatic Rob Noverraz to the B&N blog… A couple of nights ago I watched the Rays and the Twins grind into a 15th inning after 6 and a half hours of play and I had

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Minoring in British – April/Early May

May 7, 2017 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, GB Baseball

You’d be forgiven for thinking that Great Britain has no prospects currently representing us in the Minors. What with Darius pensioning off Chris Reed, stalwarts Chris Berset and Antoan Richardson also announcing retirements and all the hoo-ha and celebration about MLB’s

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Five GB Baseball Players to Watch in 2017

February 8, 2017 John McGee Baseball, Opinion

Darius Austin is back to introduce the hottest GB talent in the MiLB – a few to keep your eye on this season.

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