Just a couple of days removed from the official end of the 2007 season, teams are already putting plans together for 2008 and beyond. Following several days of speculation, Joe…
October 2007
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They are probably still cleaning up the champagne stains in the visitors’ clubhouse at Coors Field, but already the sobering thought has hit me: no more baseball for the best…
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As many predicted, and as some of us feared, the Red Sox made short work of the Colorado Rockies in the 2007 World Series. Despite a few promising Rockies rallies,…
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Denver will be the host for this Monday’s instalment of North American sport on Five. Sadly for baseball fans, it looks like the venue will be Invesco Field rather than…
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The parade through the streets of Boston is probably being planned already. They’re 2-0 up in the World Series and have comprehensively outplayed the Rockies so far. It seems difficult…
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Josh Chetwynd was right: losing a close game is more demoralising than losing by twelve runs. The Rockies head back home down 2-0 in the series knowing full well that…
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Thankfully the predicted heavy rain didn’t show up last night. Unfortunately, neither did the Rockies. The main stat doing the rounds before, during and after the game centred on the…
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“The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain†The rain in Boston is mainly a pain in the rear end. Game one of the World Series, everyone cannot wait…
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Mere hours before the first pitch of the 2007 World Series, every baseball fan cannot help but feel giddy with excitement. Memories of previous contests come flooding back, not just…
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Red Sox fans didn’t get the opportunity to give Paul Byrd the bird (whether he would have deserved it or not is a debate for another time), but otherwise they…