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Tag: Philadelphia Phillies

Episode 304 – National League Offseason Review

February 2, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

Russell, Darius, Ben and Gav continue the Bat Flips & Nerds review of the offseason but this time for the National League teams. Each team is given a grade based on the traditional 80-20 baseball grading scale. Listen to “Episode

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It’s never too early to pick the 2023 World Series champions

November 21, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

It is safe to say that 2023 will be the greatest baseball-viewing year of my life. The excitement starts on Saturday, 11 March 2023, when Great Britain pits itself against the dream team (or perhaps nightmare team) of the USA

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Episode 301 – And then there were two

October 28, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

Russ and Gav chat enthusiastically about the two Championship Series and wax lyrically about the upcoming World Series

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Episode 299 – Do Geese Have Ears?

October 22, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

Russell, Rob and Ben get together to review an entertaining set of wildcard and division series that threw up some upsets and extra-inning marathons. They end with a quick look ahead to the Championship Series and Great Britain’s confirmed WBC

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Postseason 2022: Is This A Great Game Or What?

October 9, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

It was appropriate that the great Tim Kurkjian, whose catchphrase headlines this article, was in the booth for ESPN’s broadcast yesterday. We saw a couple of epic games. Diehard baseball fans had already enjoyed (or endured, depending on your point

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Playoff baseball and blackout U-turn

October 8, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

It’s Saturday 8 October, and I have just watched the delayed coverage of the Padres’ emphatic win over the Mets. Four Wild Card games are in the bag, and the visitors won three of them. As a neutral, this sets

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2022 Playoffs – What if the season finished today?

August 29, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

With around 35 regular season games remaining, let’s look at the playoff situation. As you will recall, the 2022 postseason is a new 12-team format comprising the six division winners and the three wild-card teams for each league. Wild Card

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Epic Deadline Day with 29 of the 30 teams making trades. Guess the party pooper?

August 3, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

Here is your five-minute review of the breathless 2022 MLB trade deadline. There is only one place to start and as the great Tim Kurkjian said “you can make a case this is the biggest trade in baseball history.” The

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Episode 291 – Real Mute… Oh

July 27, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

John, Russell, Darius and Rob are here for a bumper catch-up pod featuring everything from Home Run Derby X to, err, the Home Run Derby. They also chat about Gabe Rincones being drafted by the Phillies, a raft of Canada

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Potential London Series 2023 Matchups: Part One

July 1, 2022 Joshua Edwards Baseball, London Series

Excitement is contagious, and excitement is building. This week the socials have been awash with MLB London content, it having been three years to the day on June 29 that the Yankees and Red Sox pitched up in East London

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