There’s a new pitching sensation in Queens. No, not Justin Verlander, nine-time All-Star, two-time World Series champion and future HOFer – he’s there, but he’s on the IL. No, not José Quintana, Colombian ace – he was forced to withdraw
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New York Mets: Buck Showalter First Press Conference Notes
On Tuesday afternoon, New York Mets manager Buck Showalter sat down with the press for his first press conference of Spring Training. Here are some key notes from the 40-minute presser: New Rules Buck said that there are a lot
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How Steven Matz’s Agent Landed The Mets Max Scherzer
A week before the lockout, which has frozen baseball transactions with no sign of a resolution, the Mets had just lost out on top pitching target Steven Matz, who chose St Louis over a return to New York. Mets COO
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Mets Lose Noah Syndergaard to Tommy John Surgery
Well, if you didnt think the situation regarding baseball could get a whole lot worse, it just did. It was announced on Tuesday evening that Mets starter Noah Syndergaard has torn his ulnar collateral ligament in his right arm and
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A Brit Learning Baseball Through Books: The Summer Game and Living Forever
“Since baseball time is measured only in outs, all you have to do is succeed utterly; keep hitting, keep the rally alive, and you have defeated time. You remain forever young. Sitting in the stands, we sense this, if only
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Synchronicity – Undercover at Dodger Stadium
Welcome to Bat Flips & Nerds, Geoff Enderby… If you take the elevator to the top of the tower of City Hall in Los Angeles you can see far into the California distance, the L.A. river glamourised in Terminator 2
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In Tebow, Minor League Baseball Stands on the Shoulder of a Giant
Why did we let John get his writing mojo back? It’s time to stop taking the high road and to admit – Tim Tebow is good for baseball, especially in the minor leagues. Yet another story surfaced this week about
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Learning to Baseball – Really Learning to Baseball
You don’t really need to understand baseball to watch great baseball movies because at their core they are metaphors for life rather than sporting action. If you are going to support a team though and watch some games it all
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Battlegrounds Profile: Cliff Floyd
With MLB UK’s Battlegrounds event on July 4th fast approaching, it’s time we get to know the former MLB players who will be starring on the day. First up is an Expos, Marlins and Mets outfielder who spent 17 seasons
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Learning to Baseball – Thirty Years Later, I Went To A Game
So, I had fallen for the Mets and I had fallen for baseball but what I really wanted was to sit in the stands to watch a game and roughly thirty years later here I was. Well you get side-tracked
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