Scenario: The batter hits a slow grounder straight towards the shortstop. The third baseman dives and knocks the ball with an outstretched glove. This diverts the ball off the path that was…
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Measured against MLB standards, the sample sizes for statistical categories are very small in British baseball even by the end of the season, so there is not much point exploring…
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UPDATE (20/05): Happily, the official scorer did not change the decision, meaning that Helton reached 2000 hits during a ballgame, rather than at a pre-game meeting. An oversight in computing…
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There were a lot of close matchups this week in the BaseballGB Fantasy League, although my Isotopes weren’t involved in one.
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MLB.com has produced a new documentary exploring baseball’s roots that will be of particular interest to British fans. Base Ball Discovered provides: “an exploration into the many generational theories about…
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Croydon managed to get nine players out for their double-header at home to Richmond on Sunday, which means that “Roundshaw Hop” can stay as the name of this column for now. However, the Pirates’…
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This looks like being a week to catch up on any chores you’ve been putting off. Subject to any late additions due to rainouts, we’ve only got six early games…
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It was always unlikely that this week’s news would be half as exciting as last week, when we learned of the 50-game suspension of Manny Ramirez, but nevertheless there’s always something going on in Major League Baseball, even if it can’t top yet another drug scandal.
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'Weekly' Hit Ground Ball
Weekly Hit Ground Ball: Umpires and Unwritten Rules
by Matt Smithby Matt SmithI’m currently reading the latest book by Paul Dickson that brings together “the etiquette, conventional wisdom and axiomatic codes of our National Pastime”. In The Unwritten Rules of Baseball, Dickson…