November 2016 - THE PINCH HITTERS

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One Night in Cleveland

One night in Cleveland, we were all reminded again of the majesty of sport. This night, the seventh of an enthralling series of games simultaneously, ended Baseball’s longest ever championship drought, and added another devastating chapter to the newly minted longest standing wait

By Bozza / November 8, 2016

Bozza Friday Flashback NBA

Friday Flashback – Ray Allen and that Shot

This Flashback Friday we look back at ‘The Shot’, the iconic moment when Allen saved LeBron James’ Miami Heat from elimination from the 2013 NBA Finals.

By Bozza / November 3, 2016

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The Pinch Hitters are a group of sporting tragics committed to bringing you their own special take on the happening in the sporting world. In the grand tradition of sports great Pinch Hitters, their aim is to talk about the games you know but with their own unique twist.

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.

Bill Shankly

While the team are firm believers of Shankly’s assessment of the seriousness of football and believe it applies to sport as a whole, they also believe there is always a time and place to take a lighter view at the games adult people play.