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Mike Trout - how do we measure ‘player greatness’

Mike Trout - how do we measure ‘player greatness’

Will Mike Trout ever have the World Series ring to accompany his bank account and the best stats in the game? Plenty has been written about Mike Trout and what an exceptional talent he is, not many MLB stories are written about elite players without his name being mentioned. He

The future of baseball. Time for change?

The future of baseball. Time for change?

Is Baseball in danger of stagnating? Can the game be made more global? What does the future of Baseball look like? Dave White is on the mound for the first time in his Sporting Blog career and takes a look at some hard questions about where Baseball is heading. Baseball

Dallas Braden: Throwing Major League Baseball's 19th Perfect Game (hungover)

Dallas Braden: Throwing Major League Baseball's 19th Perfect Game (hungover)

The 19th Perfect Game in Major League Baseball history was thrown by Dallas Braden of the Oakland Athletics For those unacquainted with the feat of throwing a perfect game, it's about a 1 in 200,000 game occurrence. So not terribly common. 12,000 people watched for just

Bull Durham: The Best Movie About Baseball?

Bull Durham: The Best Movie About Baseball?

Bull Durham: Is This The Greatest Baseball Movie? You may have previously seen the disdain with which we treat most sports films on this blog, especially those about football (soccer). For such a broad and complex series of topics, it’s staggering that there are not more sporting films that