The global economic crisis has bypassed the Sabathia household. A potential seven year/ $161m deal with the Yankees is on the table waiting to be signed and all that stands…
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Staying with the thrifty theme, I sat down late Saturday afternoon and enjoyed some free baseball action courtesy of the MLB.com/Live feature. The classic game broadcast from 16.00 was Game…
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Las Vegas is currently welcoming GMs, agents, players and hordes of reporters ready to begin this week’s Winter Meetings. Most of the attention will be devoted to free agents and…
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The global financial crisis is inescapable. When we’re not dealing with the everyday consequences of it ‘affecting everything’ we’re being bombarded with news stories telling us that it’s ‘affecting everything’. …
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Download the WHGB 2008 Annual (pdf) It seems much longer than one month ago since the Philadelphia Phillies won the World Series. After the 2,430 game regular season (2,431 in…
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One of the baseball terms British newcomers quickly learn during the off-season is ‘the hot stove’. This is the collective term used for all of the trade/free agent signing rumours…
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Rob Neyer’s Big Book of Baseball Legends by Rob Neyer, (Fireside, 2008), 331 pages. It’s a measure of the poetic and characterful nature of the sport that baseball has been…
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A blizzard of snow is hammering against my window, making staying in on a Saturday evening very appealing. Meanwhile the TV listings suggest that being stuck outside in the freezing…
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We revealed on Thursday that the Chicago Cubs had come out on top in our first ever stab at an MLB Team Picker, with the Giants and the Pirates coming…
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Once the data had been collated and all the scores checked, there was one team that stood out by a mile. The Cubbies already have a decent smattering of fans…