Just in case you wondered how seriously teams take Spring Training games, the Yankees are allowing Billy Crystal to don the pinstripes and take some part in their game today…
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If you haven’t seen the news on MLB.com yet, tonight’s Spring Training game between the Indians and the Braves is going to be broadcast for free on MLB.tv. Buddy Carlyle…
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Baseball Prospectus 2008 ed. by Stephen Goldman and Christina Kahrl (Plume, 2008), 605 pages. As each new season approaches, a hoard of preview magazines and books are published, all competing…
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There are nine games to choose from on MLB.tv over the first two evenings of the week. Monday The Braves-Cardinals clash and the game between the Red Sox and the…
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Most people watch Spring Training games more out of curiosity rather than expecting a great contest and that’s often the best way to approach them. The intense competition is obviously…
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Injuries are already starting to bite in Spring Training. While you would prefer to suffer injuries now rather than in September, it’s still a disruption that teams and players could…
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Listening to the A’s game against the Padres last night reminded me what I love about Spring Training. The game itself (which Oakland won 15-4) was fairly incidental to the…
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The Glory of Their Times by Lawrence S. Ritter, (Perennial, 2002), 360 pages. The Glory of Their Times is the quintessential introduction to the “early days of baseballâ€. The death…
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Tune in to hopefully watch Chelsea lose or catch some Spring Training baseball? It’s a tough choice, but baseball wins again. There are four games on MLB.tv this evening: 18.05 (GMT)…
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Those of you who are not particularly interested in Champions League football can choose from three MLB.tv games this evening instead. Two have just begun. The Tigers are facing Roy Oswalt and the Astros, while…