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Proud member of the Weston Jets, 2017 - present. Here on Bluesky to promote British Baseball to the masses.
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Trace Thompson is a member of the GB team who beat Columbia at the last WBC and the guy who hit a lead off HR against Team USA.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

If you need me I'll be reading the 2024 MLB rule book. This year as well as scoring and occasionally picking up a bat I'll be (qualifications pending) blue-ing in a BBF game.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

I'm convinced that I need to get some more confidence in my swing, my only contact today was placement swings. I know what I have to do.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

A bit of personal news. To make it easier on the league and to brush up on our own intimate knowledge of baseball - and inline with BBF rules intended to improve officiating, I and a few other members of the Weston Jets are going to be taking part in a Level 6 Umpiring Course.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Avid followers of Australian baseball will be aware that the Claxton Shield playoffs are beginning in less than 4 hours on ABL+, Canberra Calvary versus Sydney Blue Sox.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner all getting into the Hall of Fame yesterday then. Great stuff.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

I think we knew where Roki Sasaki would be going as soon as the Dodgers were confirmed as one of the teams he was thinking of. Deferring contracts has worked in their favour but Sasaki it should be noted is going on a minor league deal, so won't be getting a big deal - yet.

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

Very sad. RIP Bob Uecker.

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

I just have to say that the @britishbaseball.bsky.social Discord chat for SWWBL over the past 2 days has just been Lit. The South West of England is becoming a proverbial Mecca for baseball in the UK and I'm fully here for it.

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Weston Jets stars James Carter and Mike Prince both won awards at the AGM today. Congratulations to them and everyone who won awards playing for SWWBL teams last year. Here's to an even better season this year.

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

I wonder what effect social media has had on umpire accuracy. We seem to be quicker to call out missed calls but it seems that at least on this evidence that they've gotten better. That can make everything else in the game clearer and better if this idea wins out. 1/3

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

Wishing everyone on here a very Happy New Year, here's to more home runs, stolen bases, strike outs - and no more than 2 walk off pitch-clock violations.

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

The Walker Buehler move is much better for Walker Buehler than it is for the Boston Red Sox. Boy got PAID!!!

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

Rest in Peace Rickey Henderson, may you terrorise the basepaths in heaven just as you did on earth.

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

I'm still pumped that we got Bellinger from the Cubs, and relatively cheaply as well. That short porch is going to be lit in 2025.

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

UK Sport giving Fastpitch Softball and Baseball a combined £1m towards preparing for the LA Olympics will be vital for growing the sports of softball and baseball in this country. I overwhelmingly support it.

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Max Fried is a marquee pitcher, the best one on the market not named Roki Sasaki, but I feel he had an off season last year so maybe 8 years might be a bit much. But we needed an ace and we got one.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Please, let it be the Yankees.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

30 mins and I'm off to training with the Weston Jets. Newcomers expected, and welcome. A new era is upon us with well established teams full of good players, and more importantly nice people joining our league. Things are looking up in the South West and Wales Baseball League.

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

The Yankees should have given Juan Soto a payday. To lose him to any team would be painful, but to lose him to the Mets is unforgivable. Unless that is, Jasson Dominguez is the fricking real deal.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

See, this is only as good an idea as the Golden at-bat idea.

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

The 2nd pitch changed direction twice as it passed over home plate. Knuckleballs are nasty things, for all concerned.

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

So we started indoor training last week, and last night I got the chance to pitch. I'm 46 and not as fit as most of the other members, so I'm never going to bother anyone who wants to use a speed gun, but I can get it over the plate.

submitted 86 days ago • 1 comment

Aroldis Chapman going to the Red Sox will be a bigger thing for Yank Sawks games than this "golden at-bat" crap.

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

I'm not a fan of the golden batter rule, because baseball already has a golden batter rule - it's called pinch hitting.

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Cheeky question, do Dodger fans get to defer the cost of the hotdogs and beer at Dodger Stadium next year?

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

If you know, you know. I'm surprised Men in Black never won the WS, and don't get me started on Fresh Prince....

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

There is a brilliant podcast in the UK called "Birds With Balls" that you can find wherever you get your podcasts from, and they believe what I believe. Women Belong In Baseball.

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

With the addition of 6 teams from the Westcountry Baseball League the South West and Wales portion of the BBF is going to be lit in 2025.

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

Never let anyone tell you anything different.

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

It's beaten the "steroids era", McGwire, Sosa, Bonds, Arod, Jones, Pujols, Judge, Ohtani. Stunning stat.

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Just a reminder of the various dates and deadlines for the MLB offseason: www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2024/11...

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

The Tampa Bay Rays look like they could easily be the Oakland Rays by the end of the decade. The team might have a home next year thanks to the Yankees, but I wouldn't bet of them staying in Florida long term.

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

So behind Ohtani and Yamamoto you now have Snell. Paying Shohei pittance during his career so he gets to retire on a tax deducted mint is really paying off for the Dodgers right now.

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments