World Baseball Classic Daily Dispatch March 9th and 10th
Cuba 13 - 4 Panama That was much better from Team Cuba. More importantly, they finally found their offense at the expense of Panama's...
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June 2004 marked the most important inflection point in my life. I attended my first Blue Jays game. They lost but I fell in love for the first time. I threw myself into reading and knowing everything about the game, knowing everything about the game. This blog is a step on what I hope will be a journey towards leaving a lasting impact on the game I love. Whilst at it, I hope to also share interesting inisghts on other sports like hockey or soccer. Here's to hoping that you will join me on the journey.
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World Baseball Classic Daily Dispatch March 8th and 9th
Australia 8 - 7 Korea Crikey! The first major upset of the 2023 World Baseball Classic is in the books and as was the case in 2017, it...
World Baseball Classic Daily Dispatch Mar 7-8
Netherlands 4 - 2 Cuba The two-time semi-finalists said "let there be baseball" with a hard fought triumph over historical powerhouse...
On World Baseball Classic Eve
By 10PM Toronto time, tomorrow night, the World Baseball Classic will officially begin with the game between Cuba and the Netherlands....
2023 World Baseball Classic Pool D Preview
Overview: Location: Miami Florida, USA Teams: Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Israel Venue: Loan Depot Park (home...
2023 World Baseball Classic Pool C Preview
Overview: Location: Phoenix, Arizona, USA Teams: USA, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Great Britain Venue: Chase Field (home of the Arizona...
2023 World Baseball Classic Pool B Preview
Overview: Location: Tokyo, Japan Teams: Japan, South Korea, Australia, Czechia, China Venue: Tokyo Dome (home of the Yomiuri Giants)...
2023 World Baseball Classic Pool A Preview
Overview: Location: Taichung, Taiwan Teams: Netherlands, Cuba, Taiwan, Panama, Italy Venue: Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium...
How I Would Fill My Hall Of Fame Ballot
The big day is coming. Soon we will know who joins Fred McGriff in the Class of 2023. It is a rather interesting ballot and Baseball...
New Year's Message
I want to start by first of all by sending you all my very best wishes for 2023. I wish to follow this up by also thanking each and every...
What the World Baseball Classic Can Leverage From The World Cup
The FIFA World Cup is about to enter the quarterfinals as I write this. It has been a tournament of upsets, heroics, tragedies and the...
The World Baseball Classic Comes Of Age
Over the first four editions of the World Baseball Classic the common complaint has been that many of the game’s brightest stars tend to...
700! Albert Pujols Hits Historic Homerun
He did it! He finally did it! With a little over a week to spare in the 2022 MLB regular season, Albert Pujols has hit his historic 700th...
Czech Republic Qualify For World Baseball Classic In Shock Upset
Just a day after we saw Great Britain secure a historic qualification to the 2023 World Baseball Classic we are treated to another huge...
For Queen and Country: Great Britain Qualifies For The World Baseball Classic
It was a game and a tournament as epic as Trafalgar and the result was the same. In 1805, Britania ruled the waves. Today the masters of...
A Look At Baseball In Serbia
Typically when you think of Serbia in the context of sports, the names that come to mind are those of Novak Djokovic and Nikola Jokic....
Aaron Judge or Shohei Ohtani For MVP?
There is one question right now that is stirring America's passions like no other. It is not Republican or Democrat, active foreign...
Trujillo's Men: Baseball And A Dictator
Preamble We all know that the Dominican Republic is easily the most baseball mad country outside of the United States. Perhaps, it is...
Interesting Stat Lines In Baseball History
I don't know about you, but one of my favorite things to do when looking at a baseball card is checking out the stats on the back. Every...
The Man of Twelve Tongues
The man of twelve tongues knows it all Only hit .220 but that's also his IQ Caught and threw from spring till fall Then the OSS came...
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