The second week of the MLB season brought another seven days of thrilling action. This was accompanied by the landmark news of two new ballparks opening in New York and…
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'Weekly' Hit Ground Ball
Weekly Hit Ground Ball: Box scores and historic balls
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British baseball
BaseballGB’s preview to the 2009 British Baseball Season
by Matt Smithby Matt SmithThe 2009 British baseball season gets underway tomorrow. Forty-five teams from across the country will begin their league campaigns all hoping to be a part of the National Baseball Championships at the end…
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Scenario: There are no outs in the bottom of the ninth and runners are on first and third. The game is tied. The batter hits a slow chopper back to the pitcher. The ball sits up…
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New York Yankees and the Meaning of Life by Derek Gentile (MVP Books, 2009) 400 pages The New York Yankees: love them or loathe them, you can’t deny their amazing…
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The first week of the BaseballGB fantasy league is complete. After a week of big name pitchers struggling, unsettled bullpens and surprise teams, which managers are off to a flying start like the Marlins, and which, like the Nationals, had a start to forget?
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Post Updated To Include Northern League – 17th April 2009. As Joe wrote in a recent blog post, the BBF have announced the new schedules for 2009 and as always…
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BST Game Guides
Early MLB Games this week: rivalries renewed and a new era for the Yankees
by Matt Smithby Matt SmithIt’s a big week of early baseball action with nineteen games to follow live in the British evening over the next five days. We have the first Giants-Dodgers game of…
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Great Britain Baseball Scorers Association
Full article: Comparing the quality of the 2008 National Baseball League against other seasons and other leagues
by Joe Grayby Joe GraySummary In this article I present a method for comparing the quality of baseball across different leagues or different seasons, based on four factors that contribute to the quality of…
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'Weekly' Hit Ground Ball
Weekly Hit Ground Ball: A sad start to the season
by Matt Smithby Matt SmithIt takes a lot to knock some of the joy out of MLB’s opening week. Nick Adenhart’s tragic death certainly did just that. That it should come mere hours after…