Last night was a night of celebration for me as the A’s finally made it through to the ALCS with a sweep over the Minnesota Twins. A 3-0 defeat is…
Matt Smith
Matt Smith
Matt Smith is the editor and lead writer at BaseballGB. An Oakland A's fan, Matt has been following baseball since 1998 and started writing about the sport in 2006. He is the current Chair of the British Baseball Hall of Fame.
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2-0 up against the Yankees in 2001 and 2-0 up against the Red Sox in 2003. A’s fans know all to well what happened on those two occasions, so no…
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Like all baseball fans, I sat back and enjoyed a thrilling final month to the regular season. Now the play-offs are here and the intensity goes up yet another notch.…
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(As Jim from the Vicar of Dibley might say) Only a few days after Ramon Ortiz came so close on Monday, Anibal Sanchez pitched a no-hitter against the D-Backs last…
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What a great evening’s entertainment. Never mind sitting down to watch mundane tripe on the telly after a day at work. Stick MLB.TV on and you could not only be…
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I posted a while back about Five’s plans to launch a new Freeview channel dedicated to American programmes (one of two new channels, the other being Five Life – dramas,…
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I’ve just finished watching the Daily Rewind for yesterday’s games and they left the best play until last. The D-Rays turned the first ever 2-6-2 triple play in MLB history…
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No, nothing to do with that annoying Seattle fish market lot businesses like to show you training videos of. The real flying fish are the Florida Marlins, battling against the…
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No great insights into the cultural differences between Britain and America today (to make a change). Just a brief note about the American League standings. Closing in on 130 games…
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The box score from last night’s Indians-Royals match-up tells as cruel a baseball tale as you are likely to read. Smashing ten runs in the first inning would make many…