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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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
Read moreChip Caray, the voice of the Braves on TV for the last 13 years, is leaving for the Cardinals. What will that mean for Braves fans going forward? For 47 years, there has been a Caray in the booth calling
Read moreWith the Cubs and Cardinals due in the UK for the 2023 London Series, the NL Central will be of more interest than usual to most baseball fans on this side of the Atlantic. Here is your five-minute rundown of
Read moreIt is 220 days until London hosts its third MLB game. On Wednesday 16th November, Chase Utley, MLB’s ambassador in Europe, was at London Stadium, Stratford, to place a ceremonial home plate for the forthcoming MLB games and to mark
Read morePalpable! I love the word palpable (a feeling or atmosphere so intense as to seem almost tangible). And the anticipation for the London Series 2023 between the Chicago Cubs and the St Louis Cardinals is definitely palpable. Tickets will shortly
Read moreRussell, 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
Read moreIt 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
Read moreIt’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
Read moreWith 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
Read moreHold on to your hats, folks. MLB has confirmed that the two teams competing in the 2023 London Series are… drumroll… the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals. The two games will take place on 24-25 June 2023, marking
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