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Articles by Joe Gray

Joe is the Chair of Electors for the British Baseball Hall of Fame and the founder of Project Cobb (the Project for the Chronicling of British Baseball).

Roundshaw Hop: Jason Roberts sets new modern wins record
July 6, 2010 – 11:01 pm | 5 Comments
Roundshaw Hop: Jason Roberts sets new modern wins record

Jason Roberts gains his 11th win of the NBL season to break the modern top-tier record

The “Final Cut” system: Nellie’s big league view
June 15, 2010 – 7:01 am | 4 Comments
The “Final Cut” system: Nellie’s big league view

Rob Nelson – or “Nellie” – was a Maverick in the minor leagues and a renegade in British baseball. Now he has a revolutionary idea to reshape Major League Baseball.

Ten ways to help Project Cobb
June 7, 2010 – 9:00 pm | One Comment
Ten ways to help Project Cobb

A list of ten different ways to help the Project for the Chronicling of British Baseball

Gallery 1 for the 2010 British Baseball Photography Competition
June 7, 2010 – 7:14 pm | One Comment
Gallery 1 for the 2010 British Baseball Photography Competition

Entries are already coming in for the British Baseball Photography Competition in its debut year. A selection of the best photos so far have been posted in an online gallery, which can be accessed here.
The overall winner …

Roundshaw Hop: Early-season statistical leaders
May 27, 2010 – 8:01 pm | 3 Comments
Roundshaw Hop: Early-season statistical leaders

The 2010 National Baseball League (NBL) season should see teams playing the most games since 2005; its 28-game schedule pits all competitors against each other in home and away double-headers. So with teams having played …

Cobbette: Detectives, fairies, and baseball
May 8, 2010 – 10:23 am | One Comment
Cobbette: Detectives, fairies, and baseball

A look at how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s interests extended beyond crime writing and little creatures at the bottom of the garden

Roundshaw Hop: Grand slams, back-to-back jacks, and inside-the-park home runs
April 30, 2010 – 5:59 pm | 7 Comments
Roundshaw Hop: Grand slams, back-to-back jacks, and inside-the-park home runs

After a relatively placid first week of the new National Baseball League season, bats exploded on the second Sunday, especially at Westmorland Park, where Bracknell, the defending champions, hosted the Essex Arrows. Game one saw …

Roundshaw Hop: Cain notches up 500th K
April 24, 2010 – 7:24 pm | 2 Comments
Roundshaw Hop: Cain notches up 500th K

In the third inning of Richmond’s opening-day trip to Croydon last Sunday, Ron Almonte, the home team’s shortstop, watched the fourth pitch of his at-bat sail through the strike-zone and was called out looking. The deliverer …

Batch of more recent programmes added to the Project Cobb archives
April 9, 2010 – 4:50 pm | No Comment
Batch of more recent programmes added to the Project Cobb archives

A number of programmes and other artefacts from the early and middle parts of the 20th Century have been added to the Project Cobb archives in recent months. While digitizing these materials for public consumption is …

You Are the Scorer: Reader query (with a video!)
April 6, 2010 – 5:32 pm | 10 Comments
You Are the Scorer: Reader query (with a video!)

Thanks to CJ Evans from the Chelmsford Clippers for this question. For the first time ever on the column we have a video to go with it, which is embedded below.