Recent content by Lambert Simnel

Delighted to see this new version of RI - it's given me many hours of enjoyment over the last 7 or 8 years. Congrats and many thanks to Walter and the team.

Cook has been a lousy one day opener for some time. And his efforts to improve his own day batting appear to have impacted his test play. So the best (and kindest) thing to do is to remove him from the one day team and get him to focus just on test batting. The timing is terrible...

Hmm, Lester to the Cubs. Pricey, but even as a St Louis fan, I have to say that this looks like a good deal for the Cubbies, at least for the first few years of the contract.

Yeah, I was just staggered when I read it. Been aware of Taveras for a couple of years (unsurprisingly, being a Cardinal fan) and did a complete double-take on reading that there would be a moment's silence for him before the WS game 6. Just 22? Sad stuff.

Well, the Nats had the best team, and the Dodgers had the most money. Both of them found ways to lose though, and who else you got - the Brewers?

Good article on Kershaw's duff inning at Fangraphs: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/what-happened-to-clayton-kershaw/ Royals-Orioles, eh? I really didn't see that coming.

Who is this Clayton Kershaw guy anyway? ;)

Totally. And you get the added drama associated with that ridiculous rundown of Billy Butler in the 1st leading to Hosmer being out at the plate but also the potentially game changing injury to Soto. Helluva difference in their Caught Stealing stats (43% vs 16%) and I just can't see Soto...

Waking up and reading through this game reports on this one, it reminds me of the Freese game in 2011. Wish I had been able to watch this - I love stolen bases, especially in play-off games, and even more because I realise that statistically speaking they are often a dumb option. But when...

Meatball over the middle of the plate. I don't really want to be cynical, but isn't Meek normally just an "innings eater in a losing cause" kinda pitcher? And isn't 86 mph rather slow for a fastball? Then again, Jeter hasn't hit much of anything else this season, so maybe this is just an...

"Darkest day in Baseball"? Bleh, hyperbole. Rose comes over strongly as someone with mental frailties, or an illness, quite possibly addicted to gambling. I'm not condoning his actions, but if anyone out there believes he is the only modern sportsperson to have bet on a game where he had some...

Been some lovely plays to watch on the highlight reels the last couple of weeks. the 5-8 force is fun, but my favourite is Billy Hamilton's bunt single. He really can't bunt, but he certainly can run. :)

To be honest, I stopped reading at this point. You may or may not have some good points, but if you start out by being uncivil to me, why on earth should I spend my time reading your reply?

BT to pay £897m for Champions League broadcasting rights in the UK for 3 seasons? What happened to UEFA's policy of ensuring that half of the matches were available to fans through mainstream/terrestial broadcasting? Presumably this will have a continued impact of funnelling more cash to the...

Is this the sort of thing you're looking for? Probably not as much of a crisis as if this had happened, though... United are currently sitting three points behind Chelsea and Liverpool who share second. Lord knows they haven't looked good against decent teams, but with the proviso of allowing...