Here I am. The top deck (ahem, upper tier) at the London Stadium, watching the inaugural International Series game between the Red Sox and the Yankees. Me: ‘They make it look so easy.’ Friend: ‘It can’t be that hard.’ Me:
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Tag: MLB London
MLB Heading Back to the UK Next Year – London Mayor Sadiq Khan
Speculation has been rife in the European baseball community as to whether the COVID cancellation of the planned 2020 London Series between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals would leave Major League Baseball grasping a mere ‘cup of coffee’
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Bat Flips Does Baseball Episode One: Roster Creation
In the absence of any baseball – or indeed sport – across the world at the moment, I decided it was time to take matters into our own hands. Quite literally in fact. Whilst there are plenty of people out
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Will there be a London Series after 2020?
You might think it a little premature and probably quite ungrateful to be talking about baseball in the UK beyond 2020. We literally just had a series in London for the first time ever and the only thing I care
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Two Days in Wonderland – the Magic of the London Series
A warm welcome back to George Martin of UK Astros Fans… Looking back now, it was like a dream wasn’t it? The sun shining gloriously upon a combined weekend capacity of ~120,000 at the London Stadium as we saw a
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They Think It’s All Over. It Is. For Now…
One million, five hundred and seventy six thousand, eight hundred seconds. Twenty six thousand, two hundred and eighty hours. One thousand and ninety five days. Three years. We waited. And then they came. And as we say here in England
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London Stadium, the transformation
MLB have given us all an exclusive look at how the preparations for the upcoming London Series are going and it looks fantastic. Still no eyes on the club houses or dugouts yet, but I’m sure we’ll get a good
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My Baseball Story – Janine Pipe
Janine Pipe is a blogger for FloridaTix, TheUnofficialGuides, Unofficial Universal Podcast and Disney Dream Girls. She also writes about Baseball and loves the Boston Red Sox. My first introduction to baseball was in 2000. My then boyfriend now husband had
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Could the Cardinals Migrate East in 2020?
Welcome back Kurt Wilks June 29th 2019, London Stadium. The first MLB regular season game will take place not only the UK but on the continent of Europe. Old news I know, but still hugely exciting 9 months or so
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Editorial – 2019: a year for British Baseball to step up to the Plate
Welcome to 2019, arguably the biggest year in the history of British baseball since the national team’s 1938 triumph in the sport’s inaugural World Cup. The year Major League Baseball brings its two biggest franchises – the New York Yankees
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