It’s Christmas time once again.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brewers fans had their main present a few days ago in the form of Zack Greinke, while Phillies fans got an unexpected early treat in the form of the returning Cliff Lee.\u00c2\u00a0 Other teams have picked up useful players along the way as well (my A’s acquiring Hideki ‘Godzilla’ Matsui, for example) and if you’re still waiting for a present or two (fans of the two New York teams would fall into that category), fear not as they may\u00c2\u00a0arrive in the new year.<\/p>\n
A bit like the thousands of\u00c2\u00a0presents ordered online that are currently stuck in transit.<\/p>\n
Part of the appeal of Christmas is that it gives you a chance to look back at the last year with friends and family.\u00c2\u00a0 2010 was another very enjoyable year from my perspective as editor of this website.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a great year of action in MLB and in the British leagues, although the Great Britain national story didn’t turn out quite as well as we all hoped, and that made writing about it all the more fun.<\/p>\n
My personal highlights were starting a regular column focusing on British baseball, which seemed to go down well, and making my national media debut on BBC 5 Live.\u00c2\u00a0 It was broadcast at five to seven on a Sunday morning and the presenter bungled the website name (“Baseball UK, umm …. GB!”), but it was a nice bit of recognition for the website anyway.<\/p>\n
Thanks to all who have contributed comments or who have passed by over the past year.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0I wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year (full of baseball, of course).<\/p>\n
Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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