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Why I love fantasy baseball – and why you should too!
October 31, 2008 – 2:21 pm | One Comment

If you enjoy playing fantasy sports, you may find yourself labelled a bit of a nerd, and there may be an element of truth in that.
 
But if you are prepared to embrace your inner fantasy …

The Phillies win the World Series
October 30, 2008 – 8:59 pm | No Comment

The 46,000 fans who turned up at Citizens Bank Park last night only got to witness three innings of baseball, but they will have been the best three innings imaginable for Philly fans.  The home …

Game Five continues tonight
October 29, 2008 – 10:18 pm | 2 Comments

After a forty-six hour rain delay, we are finally going to see the completion of game five of this year’s World Series.
The wait must have felt like an eternity for the two teams.  The Phillies …

Support Herts Baseball Club
October 28, 2008 – 5:02 pm | 5 Comments

As you can see from their great website, Herts Baseball Club are one of the leading lights within British baseball.  So much so that they have outgrown their current facilities and have therefore put together …

World Series left in limbo
October 28, 2008 – 11:14 am | 7 Comments

Never underestimate MLB’s ability to surprise.  We entered last night’s game knowing that it could be the decisive contest in this year’s World Series.  It still might be.  We just don’t know when it’s going …

Phillies blast past the Rays in Game four
October 27, 2008 – 10:17 am | 2 Comments

The Phillies are now one win away from their second World Series championship after thumping the Rays 10-2 in game four.  It was a scoreline that accurately reflected their dominance and they will head into …

European Professional League news
October 26, 2008 – 4:09 pm | 8 Comments

Plans for a European Professional League are gathering pace, with the Confederation of European Baseball’s (CEB) latest newsletter providing a few more details on the proposed competition.  There are still many questions left unanswered at …

Game three thriller
October 26, 2008 – 1:52 pm | 2 Comments

The switch back to GMT has never been more welcome than it was this morning to British baseball fans.  An hour and a half rain delay meant that the first pitch of game three of …

Make sure you don’t miss the unmissable
October 25, 2008 – 8:12 pm | No Comment

After a rest day, the World Series is scheduled to get going again tonight with game three from Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.  Forty-five year old Jamie Moyer will try to prove wrong all the …

5:45 to Folkestone: Longest games and World War I ball
October 24, 2008 – 8:48 pm | 4 Comments
5:45 to Folkestone: Longest games and World War I ball

It’s less than a week since the launch of Project Cobb, and already the lists of collaborators and their research projects have begun to grow. This growth has resulted from investigation of several existing leads, as well as an email …