Guardian: Home runs and home truths in Marcus Trescothick’s benefit bash
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 20:12
Andy Bull: "It's a pub-table conversation brought to life. An animated hypothetical. Would Trescothick's hand-eye co-ordination make him a natural slugger? Could Giles' ability to spin a cricket ball translate into a mean curve? Might Jones make a sharp shortstop? And would the superior athleticism and ball skills of the professionals outweigh the knowledge and understanding of the amateurs? The answer was an emphatic 'no'." Despite the provocative article, this has the most sensible comments section I have ever seen on baseball vs. cricket.
Times: Test players step up to plate but get taken out at whole new ball game
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 20:10
Josh Chetwynd on playing baseball against Marcus Trescothick's team of cricketers: "The cricketers showed the skill sets necessary to succeed at baseball, but the nuances of the sport were elusive. …"
Telegraph: Major League Baseball told their sport was invented in Surrey, not America
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 08:18
"Baseball was not invented in America but in genteel Surrey, according to evidence that has just come to light. A diary has been found which describes the game being played by a teenager in Guildford in 1755."
BaseballGB: GB National [Baseball] Team versus [Marcus] Trescothick’s Bangers
Saturday, 30 August 2008, 09:44
"[4 October is the] date of the game between the Great Britain National Baseball Team and a squad of top cricketers, which is part of Marcus Trescothick’s benefit year and will take place at the County Ground in Taunton"
WSJ: The Numbers Guy: MLB Standings Get More Sophisticated
Tuesday, 26 August 2008, 08:00
"For the past month, ESPN.com’s Major League Baseball standings have included postseason probabilities, broken down by chance of winning the division and winning a wild card. It’s a brave step forward for standings, longtime fixtures of newspaper agate and more-recent staples of online sports sites. And ESPN isn’t yet sure playoff probabilities, as supplied by an online standings provider called Coolstandings, are for the long term."
The Canadian Press: Major leaguers could play in Olympics come 2016 if baseball makes comeback
Wednesday, 20 August 2008, 12:00
"The International Olympic Committee will vote in October 2009 in Copenhagen about what sports, if any, it will bring back for 2016. These Games were baseball's 12th in the Olympics, but it has only been a medal sport since 1992 in Barcelona."
Tuesday, 17 June 2008, 15:00
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New York Times magazine story plotted on a map: "A culinary scorecard for all 30 major league baseball stadiums."
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 08:17
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"Most Dutch baseball teams were in fact started by soccer clubs in search of a sport for the months between soccer seasons. Johan Cruyff, the king of Dutch soccer, began his career as a catcher for Amsterdam Ajax’s nine, before he ever kicked a soccer b
Sunday, 13 April 2008, 16:54
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"The 2009 IBAF Baseball World Cup (BWC) will be held in Europe. This was confirmed by several press releases of the participating federations. More details will be known after a press conference next week on April 15th in Rome."
Monday, 31 March 2008, 17:56
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Regional news site Twitters live coverage of a baseball game. Place your bets: How long will it take for Major League Baseball’s lawyers to attempt to ban this practice on the grounds of protecting exclusive data rights?
Wednesday, 5 March 2008, 17:20
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"In the letter, sent Tuesday to Baseball Commissioner Allan H. "Bud" Selig, the nine-year-old group objected to the new restrictions that include limits on the number of game photos online and the duration of time video can be placed on a Web site."
Saturday, 1 March 2008, 20:17
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"Major League Baseball wants to ban news sites from publishing galleries of baseball game photos, and media outlets aren’t happy about it."
Saturday, 23 February 2008, 14:40
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"If you’re the "bearer" a [Major League Baseball] press pass, here are some of the new, unbearable rules…"
Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 22:23
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"According to the Dutch website honkbalsite.com, the British Baseball and Softball Federation withdraw their participation at the Olympic qualifier next March in Taiwan. They gave up their berth due to financial reasons."
