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Tag: Yu Darvish

A decade of baseball in 101 useless stats

January 13, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

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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Wave goodbye to the Rays in pinstripes

December 13, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

Hot on the heels of Stephen Strasburg committing his future to Washington, the New York Yankees flexed their financial biceps to secure the services of the former Pirates and Astros workhorse, Gerrit Cole. The deal will earn the 29-year-old an

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Cubs - trio of stars

10 things you need to know about the Chicago Cubs

November 27, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, London Series, Opinion

Legacy. It’s a strange word. In the build-up to the 2012 Olympics, it became a byword for legitimising £9 billion of expenditure. But what is the legacy of London 2012? Do we have more kids participating in athletics? I doubt

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Flops of the first half

July 12, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

We know that Mike Trout is a God, Ketel Marte is finally living up to the hype and Cody Bellinger & Christian Yelich are going yard for fun, but who are the players that have most disappointed in the first

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Early season stat leaders

May 12, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Opinion

You know that Christian Yelich and Cody Bellinger lead MLB with 16 and 14 home runs respectively. Without doubt, it is an incredible tally this early in the season, but you might not realise that Twins’ outfielder Eddie Rosario or

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Hot takes and overreactions

April 3, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

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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Episode 76 – Welcome To The Show

May 30, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Podcast

Tom gets a short notice call to get his ass up to the bigs, as John is a late notice scratch from the lineup. Without any prep, Tom welcomes back Darius. Tom attempts (Badly) to update Darius on all the baseball

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Knowing You, Yu Darvish; Knowing Me, the Chicago Cubs – Uh Huh?

February 15, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Good things come to those who wait and for the Chicago Cubs, they know that all too well. When you’ve spent over a century waiting for a championship, a few extra months over the winter biding your time for a

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Episode 62 – Slow Offseason, faster games?

February 2, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Podcast

Tom and Darius talk about the revamped Milwaukee Brewers, including the Lorenzo Cain and Christian Yelich moves, then discuss the many reasons suggested for the general lack of free agent activity. The new pace of play improvements are then critiqued,

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Fantasy Trade Deadline Winners/Losers

August 4, 2017 Blake Finney Baseball, Fantasy Baseball

I don’t know if you knew or not, but I have just gotten back from a fairly low-key holiday (I didn’t post about it much) from the US, so my articles have had a little two week break. But I’m

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