As the old baseball saying goes, three or four games is far too few to glean anything in baseball – small sample sizes and all that – still the Orioles are already 0-3 and dead last in the AL East
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Tag: Rockies
An Application of Expected Stats
Welcome back Christopher Gauthier Have you ever been at a game and a player smokes a ball right at someone? Like, had that ball been hit a little more to the left or the right of the fielder, it’s a
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Stadium Review – Colorado Rockies – Coors Field, Denver
I am on a quest to visit all 30 Major League ballparks – so far, I’ve done 13 in eight years, which is not bad going. The visits to Coors Field were part of a road trip around Colorado and
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Colorado Rockies 2020: Reasons for optimism
What happened in 2019? 2019 was a season that Rockies fans would probably rather forget. Hopes were high that they could follow back-to-back playoff appearances in ’17 and ’18 (a franchise first) with another postseason run. Those hopes took their
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Your new favourite Colorado Rockies player
One of the beautiful things about baseball is how well it lends itself to a certain level of romanticism. There’s an otherworldly feel to a baseball story. It’s easy to look at the story as presented, and think “well, this
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Baseball Is Coming (in 2019/2020)
Yesterday Major League Baseball’s collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for 2017-2021 was draft complete and released. Included within the weighty tome, was information we in the UK have been waiting for. A series of games will be coming to the British
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MLB UK Community – Manchester Fan Meet Up, 13 August
In case you’ve missed it on Twitter and Facebook, we’re following hot on the heels of the London meet up by holding our own get together for Northern souls in magical Manchester. Tickets are free and available on Skiddle right
Read moreEpisode 33 – Gryffindor Gosewisch & Gammon Samardzija
Ben and Tom join John in wondering how to pronounce Scooter Gennett’s surname, whether anyone saw his four homers under that came uni, and to dig deep on the roasting hot Houston Astros. As ever, fan questions lead things to
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Episode 29 – With a little bit of luck, we won’t offend everyone
John continues his hosting duties, where he offends the returning Tom, the military, anyone who has died during active service, the Rockies, Julio Urias and all the UK Garage fans that are still standing. The oracle that is Darius continues
Read moreSeason Preview – Colorado Rockies
The preview tables are turned on Batflips & Nerds regular Ben Carter (@ukbaseballblog), as Darius Austin (@DariusA64) grills him about the Colorado Rockies, a process that reveals lots of love for Nolan Arenado and not so much for Gerardo Parra.
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