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...
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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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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...
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...
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...
Rules For Writers
Writing has no strict rules unlike what school would have you believe. That said, be it for baseball writing or otherwise, there are best...
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...
The Blue Jays Who We Barely Knew
We picked up Daniel Vogelbach after the Mariners had DFA'd him. He pinch hit, started a game, and then he was gone. DFA'd by the Blue...
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