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Matt Smith is the editor and lead writer at BaseballGB. He has been a keen baseball fan since 1998 and started writing about the sport in 2006. Matt is an Oakland A's fan and reserves the right to be unashamedly biased towards the team (and against their rivals) in moments of excitement and dejection. Matt's BGB Twitter page can be found here

Weekly Hit Ground Ball: A pair of perfectos
May 31, 2010 – 9:01 am | 2 Comments
Weekly Hit Ground Ball: A pair of perfectos

It’s the final day of May and all baseball fans will be sorry to see the month end. After Ubaldo Jimenez gave us a no-hitter in April, Dallas Braden and Roy Halladay turned this month into one for the ages as both pitched perfect games

Live MLB Blog: 20.00 BST Sunday 30 May
May 30, 2010 – 7:19 pm | 3 Comments

The first of a new feature here at BGB, blogging live about all the happenings in the Sunday evening MLB games. Join in live or catch up after the event

Live MLB blog: Sunday from 20.00 BST
May 29, 2010 – 10:06 pm | No Comment

A new feature here at BGB. Join in the live blog on Sunday evening, starting from 20.00 BST, as we keep up with the MLB games going on and news from the last 7 days

Saturday’s early MLB games: King Felix vs Weaver, CC vs Indians and more
May 29, 2010 – 4:46 pm | No Comment

We’ve got five early games today, including CC Sabathia facing a former team and a marquee match-up from the AL West

Pat Doyle appointed as Head Coach of the Great Britain Senior National Team
May 29, 2010 – 2:57 pm | No Comment
Pat Doyle appointed as Head Coach of the Great Britain Senior National Team

Great Britain’s preparations for this summer’s European Championships have been boosted by the appointment of Pat Doyle as the new Head Coach of the Senior National Team

Web pick of the week: Baseball Musings
May 28, 2010 – 12:00 pm | One Comment
Web pick of the week: Baseball Musings

This week’s web pick is a long overdue acknowledgement of one of the best baseball blogs around

British Baseball Beat: ‘Baseball weather’ at last
May 27, 2010 – 7:01 am | No Comment
British Baseball Beat: ‘Baseball weather’ at last

‘Baseball weather’ arrived properly throughout much of the UK last Sunday. Read on to find out which teams enjoyed the sunshine the most

Stephen Fry supports the GB baseball team
May 26, 2010 – 4:44 pm | One Comment
Stephen Fry supports the GB baseball team

Over 1.5 million people got a shock on Tuesday when they found out that Great Britain has a successful national baseball team

BaseballGB Fantasy League – Week Seven
May 25, 2010 – 7:01 am | 2 Comments
BaseballGB Fantasy League – Week Seven

Week Seven of the BGB Fantasy League saw one of the writing team climb up to the summit of the league

Weekly Hit Ground Ball: Going on a run
May 24, 2010 – 10:01 am | No Comment
Weekly Hit Ground Ball: Going on a run

The Milwaukee Brewers’ recent losing run gives reason to think about the unique nature of the MLB season schedule. Plus a preview of the early games scheduled for the coming working week