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Miami marlins: expect the unexpected

April 28, 2021 Tomi Korkeamaki Baseball, Team Contributors

Best part of watching baseball every day is that I think it’s like surfing. Sometimes you get to ride the wave. Everything is going great. You get the win. Everybody played well. Then the wave breaks, game over and you

The Joy of The Closer

April 16, 2021 Richard Hampson Baseball, Team Contributors

I absolutely love watching a dedicated closer pitch. The sheer drama that goes with it is, to my mind, fantastic. It becomes a baseball game in a microcosm almost, with the result boiled down to a single half-inning (I know it

San Francisco Giants: Compliments to Crawford

April 13, 2021 Ash Day Baseball, San Francisco Giants, Team Contributors

Brandon Crawford arrived at the Giants’ Oracle Park with the warmth of the morning sun on his shoulders. It was a beautiful day for San Francisco’s home opener as they hosted the Colorado Rockies to begin a three game series.

Miami Marlins: (Almost) Everything hurts

April 9, 2021 Tomi Korkeamaki Baseball, Team Contributors

I googled “greatest pain in the world” and for my surprise Miami Marlins baseball team offence was not on the list. It had cluster headache, frozen shoulder, broken bone, heart attack etc but I guess the writer of the article

How does the Red Sox 2021 Outfield Stack up to THAT 2018 one?

April 1, 2021 Richard Hampson Baseball, Team Contributors

It’s been said quite frequently recently that the Red Sox have now lost their championship-winning outfield from 2018 with Mookie Betts, Andrew Benintendi and Jackie Bradley Jr. all moving on to pastures new in the past two years. That 2018

Miami Marlins: Fool me – you can’t get fooled again

March 16, 2021 Tomi Korkeamaki Baseball, Team Contributors

“There’s an old saying in Tennessee- I know it’s in Texas, probably Tennessee. That says, fool me once, shame on… shame on you. Fool me ..you can’t get fooled again” This quote, from the former president of the United States

San Francisco Giants: Players we love this spring

March 11, 2021 Ash Day Baseball, San Francisco Giants, Team Contributors

Spring training is in full effect and it’s wonderful having baseball back on our screens. We can kick back, revel in these 6pm starts here in the UK, and get unnecessarily riled up over meaningless results. So far I’ve avoided

San Francisco Giants Spring Preview: The Rotation

February 23, 2021 Ash Day Baseball, San Francisco Giants, Team Contributors

As Julie Andrews once sang amidst the picturesque mountains of Salzburg, I simply remember my favourite things, and then I don’t feeeeeeeel so baaaaaaad. And with that optimistic approach firmly in mind, I bring you our San Francisco Giants spring

San Francisco Giants: Who’s on first?

February 13, 2021 Ash Day Baseball, San Francisco Giants, Team Contributors

It hasn’t sunk in yet, that we get to see our favourite baseball teams and players soon. This month in fact, if the global pandemic permits. The San Francisco Giants are busy preparing themselves for Spring Training in their Scottsdale,

Miami Marlins: This is fine

February 6, 2021 Tomi Korkeamaki Baseball, Team Contributors

“That’s a strike and the count is now 3-2 to Brian Anderson here in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game Seven in the 2024 World Series. Blue Jays up by three runs but the Marlins have the bases