After waiting impatiently for the best part of five months, the regular season is nearly upon us. The A’s-Red Sox game is scheduled to start at 10.05 GMT tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. …
March 2008
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The World Baseball Classic 2009 tournament was officially launched at a press conference staged in Tokyo yesterday. With Japan being the reigning champions and the Tokyo Dome set to stage…
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One of the tasks I’ve been meaning to complete recently is expanding the list of links in the sidebar. My objective for the links section is to include sites that…
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The Easter weekend is upon us and most places in Britain are staring at a pretty bleak weather forecast. Snow and sleet for Saturday and Sunday apparently. They’ve got it…
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Ball Four by Jim Bouton (Wiley, 1990), 472 pages. In recent times, Michael Lewis’s Moneyball prompted a sizeable backlash from the baseball establishment, yet that reaction was nothing compared to the…
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As a follow up to yesterday’s story, Insidethegames.com brought to my attention an article on their website about the IBAF’s active attempts to convince the organizers that baseball should be a demonstration…
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There’s an intriguing little note on page 29 in the sports section of the Daily Telegraph today (I can’t find the actual story online) which states: “Baseball could yet feature…
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MLB.tv subscribers have eleven games to choose from today and several involve some of the top starting pitchers. Pedro Martinez makes his much-anticipated Spring Training debut at 17.10 (GMT) against…
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Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament in review
by Matt Smithby Matt SmithThe Dodgers and the Padres made Major League history in the early hours of this morning, playing the first of two exhibition games at the home of the 2008 Olympics.…
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ESPN has announced that former Major Leaguer and current baseball analyst Rick Sutcliffe has been diagnosed with cancer. According to the report it is a “treatable and curable form of…