May 19
Here is some of the best writing on baseball that has been published online this week. If you think we’ve missed anything particularly notable, please let us know on Twitter, where you can find us at @UKMLB. Ben Lindbergh writes a superb piece for Grantland about catcher framing. Cervelli and Stewart can do more to …
May 13
Baseball has had a consistent presence on TV in the UK since Channel 5 started showing weekly games in 1997. Their coverage ended in 2008, but ESPN America (and NASN before it) provided a way for British fans who were interested in more than just Sunday Night Baseball to watch multiple games a week. When …
May 12
Here’s a selection of some of the best writing on the game of baseball that has emerged this week. If you think we’ve missed anything particularly notable, please let us know on Twitter, where you can find us at @UKMLB. Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post takes a look at Bryce Harper’s swing, in …
May 06
Yu Darvish is good, isn’t he? He may have given up a couple of home runs when he faced the Red Sox on Sunday, but he managed to keep the damage to just three runs over seven innings as he struck out 14 Boston batters. The Rangers have quietly put together at 20-11 record going …
May 03
April, we hardly knew ye. But now you’ve been cast aside like March before you, and in about 4 weeks, May will follow in your footsteps. But who were the real winners and losers after our first full, beautiful, nay GORGEOUS, month of baseball? In a twist that no one will have seen coming, I …
Apr 29
It’s still very early in the season, but the performance of some teams so far has definitely been a surprise, none more so than the Rockies who have fashioned an early lead in the NL West. Of course, once you look more closely, it becomes clear that the team’s schedule has played a big part …