Details: Torii Hunter joins the Angels on a five-year deal, worth $90 million. Optimist’s argument: They may have won the AL West at a canter in 2007, but that’s not…
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.
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“Babe: The Legend Comes to Life†by Robert W. Creamer, (Fireside, 1992), 443 pages. Even the most baseball-belittling Brit has heard of Babe Ruth. He is recognised the world over…
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One of the great joys of baseball, particularly for British fans keen to learn as much as possible about it, is that the sport has been the inspiration for countless…
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Shocking news to wake up to this morning. Joe Kennedy passed away yesterday at the age of twenty-eight, leaving behind a young family. It’s hard not to think back five…
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Details: Mike Lowell agrees to stay with the Red Sox, signing a 3 year, $37.5m deal. Optimist’s argument: Why break up a winning combination? Lowell played a major part in…
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(Note – this is the first of a new format where I will be rating the most interesting free agent deals that are agreed over the off-season as they are…
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The Barry Bonds saga hit a new low this week with the announcement that he has been indicted by a federal grand jury on four counts of perjury and one…
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To no great surprise, Jake Peavy has just been confirmed as the NL Cy Young award winner. It was a unanimous decision, with all thirty-two voters placing the Padres’ ace…
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It’s that time of year again. The 2007 award announcements are coming out thick and fast. You sit down to write about two winners and find that someone else is…
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The A-Rod auction is going to fuel hundreds of reports and news items over the coming weeks and months. The biggest star in the sport is on the market and…