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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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Welcome to Izzy's Ball Diamond, your home for baseball musings. If you like what you read, kindly like, comment and subscribe.

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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 Chris Bassitt Brings To The Blue Jays

***All stats quoted are from Baseball Savant*** The Blue Jays made their first free agent splash for the winter in the last week...

On The Daulton Varsho Trade

***All stats quoted are from Baseball Savant*** Here comes the boom! The Jays have made their second big splash of the off-season. 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...

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...

On The 2023 MLB Rule Changes

MLB has announced a few interesting rule changes which will take effect as of the 2023 season. This short article will contain my...

The Blitz

All the groans have gone silent. No longer are the Blue Jays "finalists" for key pieces. Tyler Chatwood, Kirby Yates, and as I write...

Where The Blue Jays Go From Here

So where do they go from here? An off-season that had promised to be fast-paced and agressive has so far been anything but. The Blue Jays...

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...

A Star (of David) Is Born: The Dean Kremer Story

1:05PM on a nice Sunday afternoon in Baltimore. A tall young man with shoulder length hair steps up on the mound at Camden Yards. He...

The Mad Money Around Mike Trout

There is a new gold rush in California. However, unlike in 1849, the gold is not made of gold but rather of plastic and/or cardboard....

A Strange Feeling

The following article was written on what would have been Opening Day of the 2020 MLB season. I was supposed to be at the ballpark today....

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