After the events in the Premiership at the weekend, it’s difficult not to have injuries on your mind. The Arsenal striker Eduardo suffered a fractured left fibula and an open…
February 2008
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Ryan Howard’s victory over the Phillies in his arbitration hearing has set tongues wagging in the media. Agents and other young players will be licking their lips as well. The…
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For those of you who haven’t yet seen it, the British Baseball Federation has issued a response to the news that the Great Britain team has been overlooked for the 2009…
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Cobb: A Biography by Al Stump (Algonquin, 1996), 436 pages. Many biographies tend to fall into one of two categories: sensationalist rubbish of little substance, or stale re-treads of stories…
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MLB has just announced some details relating to the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The news is somewhat bittersweet for British fans. The British Baseball Federation (BBF) had hoped that Team GB’s…
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Playing about with time machines can be disastrous. Two things have brought that to my attention over the last twenty-four hours. The first was happening to stumble over a repeat…
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There’s something very comforting about Spring Training. We go through the same rituals each year: players claiming to be in the best shape of their lives, all teams talking positively…
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The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn, (Harper Perennial Modern Classic, 2006), 474 pages. The Brooklyn Dodgers of the early Fifties deserve a place in the annals of baseball history.…
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With pitchers and catchers set to report to their Spring Training camps on Wednesday, it would be no surprise if the upcoming MLB season is at the forefront of your…
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In response to a comment on the previous post, I’ve done a bit of digging to find out which Spring Training games will be televised (and therefore shown on MLB.TV). …