Note: In this article, to show that the sport being referred to is a direct...
Latest posts at BaseballGB
MLB.TV 2007 prices released
MLB.com have just released the options available to baseball fans for listening and watching baseball over the Internet in 2007. As always, there is a decent amount of choice to cater for different needs and systems. The main shift this year is the launch of a MLB.TV Premium package to sit alongside the standard MLB.TV [...]
Over before it’s started
It’s all too easy to get swept along by the joy of Spring Training beginning again for another year, but spare a thought for players such as Kris Benson. As you would have probably read, Benson has suffered a partially torn rotator cuff and his 2007 season is currently in the balance. The Orioles are [...]
Nearly There
The counter on the main page of MLB.com has moved pretty slowly over the last week or so, but we’re almost there. As I write this post, we are twenty-one hours away from pitchers and catchers reporting to their Spring Training camps. After months of waiting, the first pre-season milestone is about to be reached [...]
MLB.TV 2007 improvements
As a follow up to my post from yesterday, Maury Brown at his Biz of Baseball site has reported that the video feeds for MLB.TV will be improved for the 2007 season. The game video that has previously been streamed between 350 and 400kps will now be streamed at 700kps instead. Maury raises this point [...]
NASN bought by ESPN
I’m sure like me you are growing impatient with the calendar. My thoughts have turned to the glorious day when the MLB marathon starts up again and we can sit down with a beer or two in front of our TV or PC. Part of the British baseball tradition is the annual “will baseball be [...]
USA and GB – in perfect sporting harmony?
The “special relationship” between Britain and America has been in full view in recent days, particularly in the sporting arena. So many similarities, yet so many differences. Sometimes that’s what makes the best relationships work. Liverpool staged a press conference this afternoon announcing the proposed sale of the club to Americans George Gillett and Tom [...]
Counting down the days
It’s that depressing time of year again: three months into the off-season. The MLB season is an intense marathon so once the World Series is over I often feel like taking a bit of a breather. You then get a couple of months where there is a daily dose of baseball news, with real and [...]
Zito and the Giants?
So, my prediction skills are officially terrible! MLB.com is reporting that Barry Zito has agreed to a monster deal with the Giants: seven years for $126 million. I guess out of all the rivals he could have joined, having him join the National League is a plus. Seeing him with “San Francisco” on his jersey [...]
Zito and the Mets
As an Oakland fan, the Barry Zito sweepstakes is almost a non-event. Not long after we got tanked by the Tigers in the ALCS it was basically accepted that Zito had pitched in the green and gold for the last time. He’s not coming back to Oakland and therefore in many respects I’m not fussed [...]
Vernon Wells = very wealthy
It’s not just Matsuzaka who has been changing teams in the past week. Another major recent event is the contract extension Vernon Wells has all but signed with the Blue Jays for a reported $126 million. Toronto have been proactive by signing Wells a year before he hit free agency. With the ever-booming free agent [...]
