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...
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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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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...
The Auction: A Baseball Card Themed Short Story
Preamble The Auction is a short story I wrote before the pandemic but had not brought myself to ever share in any format until now. It...
Why I Collect Baseball Cards
This will be an article of a more personal kind that I had hoped to write for quite some time now. I have been collecting baseball cards...
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...
Why Your Children Should Play Fantasy Sports
The following diatribe about why your children should play fantasy sports, specifically fantasy baseball arises from a conversation with...
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...
Hoep Oranje: The Story of Baseball's Forgotten Superpower
When one thinks of baseball's superpowers, the mind gravitates to the United States or Dominican Republic or Cuba. Or perhaps it wanders...
How Do You Say "Play Ball" In Farsi?: A Look At Baseball In Iran
Iran is a country of about 80 million. You have to figure that at least a fraction of them play baseball. I am happy to report that this...
Baseball In Africa
Africa is perhaps the continent where baseball has made the least inroads, save for South Africa which does have a fairly strong baseball...
Opa!: The Story of the 2004 Greece Olympic Baseball Team
Introduction This is a story of daring, hardship, triumph over tragedy and self belief. It is a story that marries the modern and the...
Baseball Arabia
Perhaps it isn't totally surprising that baseball is played in the gulf states such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE. After all, the countries...
From Honduras To The Show: The Mauricio Dubon Story
Gerald Young was the only player from Honduras to reach the major leagues until July 7, 2019. He stole 155 bases between 1987 and 1994...
2022 WBC Qualifiers Team By Team Overviews
It is back! 2023 will mark the return of international baseball's premier competition, the World Baseball Classic. It was supposed to be...
Baseball in France
I suppose that the ensuing piece is as much a prayer for the inclusion of baseball in the 2024 Paris Olympics as it is a history of...
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