Further to my post below, MLB’s schedule now says that the first MLB.tv game will actually take place today. It’s the Rockies against the White Sox at 20.05 U.K. time. …
Matt Smith
Matt Smith
Matt Smith is the editor and lead writer at BaseballGB. An Oakland A's fan, Matt has been following baseball since 1998 and started writing about the sport in 2006. He is the current Chair of the British Baseball Hall of Fame.
-
-
A full schedule of spring training games is now available on MLB.com. This includes details of which games will be broadcast live on MLB.TV. The first MLB.TV game of 2008…
-
Yesterday I wrote about the disruption caused by injuries and in particular the fragile nature of a pitcher’s arm. “Let’s hope the inevitable injuries are kept to a minimum this year…
-
After the events in the Premiership at the weekend, it’s difficult not to have injuries on your mind. The Arsenal striker Eduardo suffered a fractured left fibula and an open…
-
Ryan Howard’s victory over the Phillies in his arbitration hearing has set tongues wagging in the media. Agents and other young players will be licking their lips as well. The…
-
For those of you who haven’t yet seen it, the British Baseball Federation has issued a response to the news that the Great Britain team has been overlooked for the 2009…
-
Cobb: A Biography by Al Stump (Algonquin, 1996), 436 pages. Many biographies tend to fall into one of two categories: sensationalist rubbish of little substance, or stale re-treads of stories…
-
MLB has just announced some details relating to the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The news is somewhat bittersweet for British fans. The British Baseball Federation (BBF) had hoped that Team GB’s…
-
Playing about with time machines can be disastrous. Two things have brought that to my attention over the last twenty-four hours. The first was happening to stumble over a repeat…
-
There’s something very comforting about Spring Training. We go through the same rituals each year: players claiming to be in the best shape of their lives, all teams talking positively…