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Bat Flips And Nerds

Bat Flips & Nerds

A British take on Baseball. John, Tom, Ben, Darius, Rachel, Russell and Rob guide you through the goings on in MLB, Team GB and baseball around the world.Part of the MLB Europe Fan Network.

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All Episodes

63:01

Episode 257 - Bye Bye Buster

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2021/11/10

Darius, Russell and Ben join forces for a post-World Series wrap (was it any good?), some Awards chat (DeGrom for Cy?!) and a brief tribute to Buster Posey (slam dunk Hall of Famer)

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47:51

Episode 256 - Khan He Even Say That?

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2021/10/28

John and Russ chat about the week in baseball, taking a trip to the Arm Barn, a stop for some soft serve, a cakewalk with Albert, kicking it with Ken and the little matter of the World Series being on.Oh, and the Mayor of London got a bit carried away and forgot about the MLB CBA...Huge thanks to our pals at Gridiron for sharing the audio for their chat with Sadiq Khan. You should check out the full interview here:

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66:32

Bonus Episode - Sports Podcast Awards Transatlantic...

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2021/10/20

In a very special bonus episode as part of the inaugural Sports Podcast Awards, John and Darius are joined by Brandon Warne of That 90s Baseball Pod to chat about their respective baseball origin stories, the state of the sport in 2021 and to learn about the sport 'before our time'.To find out more about the Sports Podcast Awards head to www.sportspodcastawards.com

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72:16

Episode 255 - The Muppets Championship Series

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2021/10/15

John, Russ and Rob look back on a competitive and fun first two rounds of the playoffs and ahead to two seemingly less well matched Championship Series. They get mad about bad announcing and Tony La Russa too, obviously. Plus ca change...

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71:28

Episode 254 - Rays of Light or It's A Shame About...

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2021/10/04

John, Ben, Darius and Russ take turns to stump for each of this year's playoff field before almost coming to virtual blows as they fashion the official BFN 2021 playoff bracket. We give it 24 hours before this blows up in our face...

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64:38

Episode 253 - Good Innings, Russell

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2021/09/25

Rob and Russell go for a double header taking on 'Kiermeier-gate', the irrepressible St. Louis Cardinals, the AL Wild Card and the terror of 2021 Jake Arrieta.

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39:35

Episode 252 - GB Baseball, European Championship Special

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2021/09/16

GB Baseball's Men's senior squad are currently playing out in Turin as part of the European Baseball Championship, and have made the quarter final stage for the first time in 14 years.Ahead of their clash with the Netherlands we hear from team broadcaster Chris Knoblock and second baseman Kent Blackstone about the tournament so far, the feeling in camp and the future of the programme.#LetsGoGB

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53:08

Episode 251 - Baseball vs Pizza

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2021/09/02

Russell, Rob and Ben get together for another weekly roundup dominated by the amazin' New York Mets. They also discuss some exciting postseason races (don't jinx it!), that Jose Ramirez chain, hit by pitch records and how Russell fixed baseball.

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65:52

Episode 250 - Don't Take A Chance On Him

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2021/08/27

John, Darius and Russell dive into the early findings on the Atlantic League's experience in moving the pitching mound, the storming New York Yankees and the under-heralded Rays.They find plenty of time to praise and berate Yadi Molina, Vlad Jr, Chance Sisco, the Angels and the Orioles. We'll leave you to work out which is which...

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58:08

Episode 249 - Won't Someone Please Think Of The...

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2021/08/20

Russell, Ben and Darius convene for the latest MLB roundup and begin by discussing the latest leaked proposal from MLB: a $100 million salary floor. They can't help but talk about the Mets, discuss whether they're having a worse season than the Padres, and then 2Good2Bad brings us Joey Votto, Tyler Gilbert and more City Connect uniform rants.

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77:14

Episode 248 - Grauniads of the Galaxy

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2021/07/29

John, Russell and Rob round up the first half of the season with some harsh words for the Minnesota Twins, the LA Dodgers and the treatment of Minor Leaguers, but garlands for the SF Giants, Trey Mancini and bae himself, Shohei Ohtani.But not before a quick gallop through the trade deadline, a new name in Cleveland and the loveliness of Olympic baseball!

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45:17

Episode 247 - Felix White Joins The Show

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2021/07/26

A special guest episode as Ben is joined by Felix White of Maccabees and Tailenders fame to talk his new book, falling in love with the New York Mets and what cricket can learn from baseball (and vice versa).

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54:37

Episode 246 - All Star Weekend & Draft Recap

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2021/07/15

Ben and Russell team up for a two-man spin through the week's All-Star festivities, from Shohei Ohtani's eye-popping performances just about everywhere to Charlie Freeman's adorable cameos. There's also the usual two good, two bad chat, some MLB draft reviews and are the Mariners going to be buyers?!

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90:17

Episode 245 - History of Japanese Baseball - Blair...

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2021/07/14

Russell talked with @Razzball and @PitcherList writer @EverywhereBlair about the history of baseball in Japan. They covered the origins of NPB, Shohei, the Olympics and that some of what you might know and maybe read recently about Japanese baseball and players is likely wrong.

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63:30

Episode 244 - Russell's Bunsen Burner

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2021/07/01

Darius and Russell are joined by a mystery man who has no place on a baseball podcast. It's Tom Pringle.They talk about the sticky baseballs, Bobby Bonilla, Eric Hosmer, the San Francisco Giants, the All-Star Game and what Russell's stat lab might look like.You can tell Tom is back, can't you?(Tom swears once, just sh*t...not really explicit is it?)

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62:50

Episode 243 - When I Wake Up

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2021/06/17

John, Rob and Ben are in our rotation this week.Regrettably they are back on the topic of rubbing balls.In happier news they have plenty to say about the history making Diamondbacks, the mega fun Toronto Blue Jays, lovely lil Frankie Lindor, Mr Magic Joey Votto, plus a factoid that may put you off Jacob deGrom for life.

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56:56

Episode 242 - Three's A Crowd

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2021/06/11

It's weekly round-up time and the nerds are left unsupervised! Russell and Darius discuss the planned enforcement of foreign substance rules, the Cubs' City Connect scrubs, Jarred Kelenic's demotion, before embarking on a bumper round of 2 Good 2 Bad featuring Jake Bauers, Luke Williams, Bill James, and more.

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76:25

Episode 241 - More than Baseball (with Jeremy Wolf)

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2021/06/07

Former Mets minor leaguer and Director of Outreach for More than Baseball, the non-profit which supports the wellbeing and conditions of minor league baseball players, joins us to explain the work of the organisation, the need for structural change within baseball and what fans can do to both support current players, and campaign for justice for these baseball professionals.You can find out more about this incredible organisation at: www.morethanbaseball.orgAnd follow them on social @mtb_org

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63:23

Episode 240 - One Man and His Dog

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2021/06/03

Matt Joyce!John, Darius and Rob chat about the scourge of sticky stuff and take a Will Craig inspired deep dive into the NL Central; they also have time to big up the Palm Beach Cardinals, Joey Votto and the Tauch, and to pour scorn on the Rays, the As and the poor old Orioles.Whilst you're here, head over to https://obviousshirts.com/collections/boog and grab a shirt to support our great pal Boog and strike out ALS.

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80:45

Episode 239 - Chris Colabello Joins the Show

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2021/05/31

Former Twins and Blue Jays slugger and self styled 'Indy Ball Hall of Famer' Chris Colabello joins John to chat about his long route to the bigs, the magical 2015 Toronto Blue Jays, growing up in Italy and representing the Azzurri internationally, and his ongoing quest to correct the PED injustice which ended his career and continues to jeopardise others.

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