On Sunday 4 April 2010, Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Josh Beckett induced weak contact from New York Yankees Derek Jeter in the first MLB play of the decade. Here are 100 more useless snippets of information for you. Unless
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Tag: Pablo Sandoval
Hot takes and overreactions
It is far too early to anoint Phillies as World Series champions or label Chris Sale’s contract a bust, or even start thinking that the Baltimore Orioles might be a good team. Here are some interesting snippets from the opening
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The Tale Of A Third Baseman Called Traffic Cone
In 2015 the Boston Red Sox signed Pablo Sandoval to a five-year, $95m deal. If you missed out on what happened, well he was terrible. In his first season, he batted .245/.292/.366 with 10 HR (wRC+ 76). Not only was
Read moreBlake’s Free Agent Finds: 24 – 30 August
After a few weeks off, I’ve shown up just in time for Fantasy Baseball squeaky bum time, with Rotisserie Leagues set to head into the final month, and Head-to-Head leagues almost at playoff season. So I’ve returned to give you
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Brit Sox And Nerds Episode 1 – Jared Carrabis
Holy crap, we only went and got Jared Carrabis for episode one of our Red Sox spinoff pod! Jared Carrabis of Barstool Sports and CSN’s Baseball programe join Tom and John to talk Red Sox in this very first edition
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Give Pablo A Chance
After his poor 2015 season, the Baseball Prospectus 2016 Annual projected Hanley Ramirez to slash a respectable .274/.341/.460 with 20 HRs, the final line of his write up said: “now he’s moving to first base, where the ball will come
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