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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If Baseball was Football – Part 1: American League
A big welcome back to the Baseball Brit, Joey Mellows… Major League Baseball is coming to the UK! The London Series has been officially scheduled for June 29th & 30th in 2019 and this has sent die hard MLB UK
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In Praise of Trevor Bauer…
Making the case for one of baseball’s most polarising characters, it’s Padraig Whelan… The entirety of Major League Baseball should adopt the designated hitter rule. Starting extra innings with a runner on second base is a good idea. Pete Rose
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Indians Streak Over – Still Best Bet for World Series
David Morgan owner and editor of the excellent The Planet Of Baseball, joins us to ensure we don’t forget about the Indians post-streak. For many years the fans of professional team sports in the city of Cleveland, Ohio had very
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MLB UK Community – Manchester Fan Meet Up, 13 August
In case you’ve missed it on Twitter and Facebook, we’re following hot on the heels of the London meet up by holding our own get together for Northern souls in magical Manchester. Tickets are free and available on Skiddle right
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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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A Brief History of Mound Charges – Part 1
Rob Noverraz breaks down a few of his favourite moments in all of baseball… ‘Baseball is a game of pitching, batting, fielding and running; none of us want to see brawls.’ Half of the previous sentence is accurate and that’s
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Minoring in British – April/Early May
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
Read moreSeason Preview – Cleveland Indians
In his first appearance as a preview host, John is guided through the ins and outs of the Cleveland Indians by Bath based Indians fan and blogger Ash Day. You can check out Ash’s Indians writing over at www.englandtribe.blogspot.co.uk
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2016 Position Player Pitching Leaderboard
First we have to set some ground rules, after a quick Play Index here is what I found. There were 26 instances found, I decided that players needed either a K or give up no runs to be eligible. 4
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