Being an A’s fan, I’ve made more than a few comments about the San Francisco Giants’ decision to give Barry Zito a seven year/$126m contract prior to the 2007 season.…
April 2008
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British baseball
National League: welcoming back percentage baseball (and flirting with pseudo-perfection)
by Joe Grayby Joe GrayThe 2007 National League South regular season should hopefully be remembered for a long time to come, but not for the reasons you might think. There were very few close…
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Once again, we get to enjoy live games in the British evening on three of the five working days this week.  There are eleven early games in total, with Wednesday…
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Rays dreaming of a Disney ending Major League Baseball made a visit to Disney Land this week, but thankfully it was no Mickey Mouse affair. The Tampa Bay Rays played…
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As you will have noticed, there have been a few exciting developments here at BaseballGB this weekend. Firstly, I’m delighted to welcome Joe Gray to the site. As well as…
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In the British National League, games take place on a single day each week (almost always a Sunday), and 7-inning double-headers are typically played. While there are some players who…
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Want an example of sponsorship lunacy? Gatorade are the “official sports drink” of MLB; therefore no MLB player is allowed to drink anything but this product in a dugout. Now, no…
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Witnessing an organization getting rid of a manager within the first few of weeks of a new season is almost an annual event nowadays. What you don’t see quite so often is a team…
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Chicago Cubs: Yesterday and Today by Steve Johnson, (MBI Publishing, 2008), 144 pages. After the Boston Red Sox’s two recent World Series triumphs, the Chicago Cubs now stand alone as…
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We draw a blank on Wednesday and Friday, but there are ten early games to choose from over the rest of the working week Here’s a guide to the match-ups…