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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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51:27

Episode 178 - Justin Nicolino Joins the Show

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/05/26

Guest hosts Helen Atkinson and Sarah Briggs chat to former Miami Marlin and current Rakuten Monkey Justin Nicolino about life in Taiwan and his career in the bigs.

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62:59

Episode 177 - Baseball Bucket List

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/05/21

John is joined by Darius, Rob, Russell and Tom to talk through their baseball bucket list.There were five categories to stop them going way off-topic, they were:- Item To Own- Player To Meet- Experience- Collection- Baseball SkillWell, the categories were supposed to keep everyone on-topic, however it got weird quickly.Thanks to Russell Baseball Facial Hair Museum, Tom's Bartram Bum Platform, Darius's Patchwork Pillow, John's Baby Poo Baseball Glove and Robs Special Feather, they were all a little

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46:39

Episode 176 - Brad Balukjian on The Wax Pack

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/05/18

Brad Balukjian, author of 'The Wax Pack', joins Rob to talk about how the book came together, his epic 11,000 mile journey to find all the players, and his elaborate scheme to meet Carlton Fisk.

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64:02

Episode 175 - KBO Special #2 with Eric Hacker

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/05/14

Eric Hacker spent six seasons in the KBO with the Dinos and the Heroes - there's really no better guy to introduce the culture of baseball in the country and some of the top players he played with over his time out there. He also goes deep on the impact of tech on his game, and his love/hate relationship with legendary KBO prankster Oh Jae-Won. This is a belter.

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62:40

Episode 174 - Darin Downs Joins the Show

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/05/10

Former Detroit Tiger and Houston Astro Darin Downs, a man who has won baseball championships on three continents with the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League, the Melbourne Aces in the ABL and the Monkeys in Taiwan's CPBL, joins John to chat about his storied career, give further insight into one of the only pro leagues currently running worldwide and to hint at the next chapter in his baseball life.

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72:37

Episode 173 - Introduction to the KBO

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/05/06

Loving the KBO, but need the inside scoop? We've got you! English language KBO guru Dan Kurtz of My KBO, and Josh Lindblom, one of the best pitchers in the league's recent history join John for a potted intro to your newest favourite baseball league!

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22:21

Bonus Episode - Craig Counsell, Milwaukee Brewers

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/05/04

Milwaukee Brewers skipper Craig Counsell joins John to discuss his playing career in various new baseball markets, coming home to Wisconsin, the role of a baseball manager vs a soccer manager, and Wade Miley (obviously).

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67:37

Episode 172 - In Conversation with Mike Lowell and...

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/04/30

Great friends Jon 'Boog' Sciambi and Mike Lowell join John to reminisce about their time with the World Series Florida Marlins franchise, Mike's triumphs over adversity and some of the great baseball characters they worked with in Miami, and for Mike in Boston.

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60:49

Episode 171 - Perry Barber

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/04/28

Russell and Rob talk to legendary umpire Perry Barber (@perrybarber) about her path into baseball umpiring, what umpire school is like, how umpiring took her around the world, and how the landscape has changed for female umpires.

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88:07

Episode 101 - Baseball Room 101

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/04/24

Episode 101 arrives just 70 episodes late as the gang take turns to attempt to consign their least favourite elements of the game we love to history's dustbin, overseen by the arbiter of taste - Darius.

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58:54

Episode 170 - Meredith Wills

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/04/21

The baseball astrophysicist Meredith Wills joins Russ to chat about her work on MLB's bouncy 2019 balls and a whole loads of other trends in baseball analytics.

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57:47

Episode 169 - Introduction to the CPBL

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/04/18

Live baseball is back in Taiwan, and being piped into our homes every morning via the wonders of the internet!Like everyone else in baseball world, we've been bitten by the CPBL bug and thought it right to devote a whole podcast to all of our new favourite league. In this episode, Rob Liu the master behind CPBL stats, and Bruce Billings who pitched for the Lions and Guardians between 2016 and 2018 (and in the bigs with the Athletics, Rockies and Yankees), join us to get under the skin of baseball in

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68:51

Episode 168 - Trevor May, Minnesota Twins

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/04/15

Minnesota Twins stud reliever Trevor May joins Russell to discuss his dual life as a Big League pitcher, and an elite gamer. And to talk about setting up the MLB The Show 20 tournament, obviously...

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23:11

Bonus Episode - Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic & Fox Sports

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/04/13

In this bonus mini-pod, The Athletic's star baseball reporter Ken Rosenthal talks to John about the MLB London Series, and the impact of 2020 crises on the sport - the Astros 'banging scandal' and the COVID-19 epidemic.

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60:46

Episode 167 - Ty Kelly, New York Mets & Philadelphia...

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/04/10

Rachel chats to former Mets and Phillies infielder Ty Kelly about his career in the bigs, his time with Team Israel and missing out on the Olympics, his efforts to improve Minor League pay and sweet potato fries.

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52:17

Episode 166 - Brad Marcelino

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/04/07

GB Baseball coach, and freelance MLB hitting consultant Brad Marcelino joins John to chat about his career with the national squad, his time coaching Kris Bryant at University of San Diego, his friendships with Trevor Hoffman and Manny Ramirez and his new venture to support struggling minor leaguers earn a buck.

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86:43

Episode 165 - Dallas Braden

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/04/04

Former Athletics pitcher turned baseball broadcaster Dallas Braden joins Russell to chat about his career from high school to the bigs, his show Starting 9 with Jared Carrabis and the changing face of baseball players in the 2020s.

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52:23

Episode 164 - John Thorn

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/03/31

Rachel chats to baseball historian John Thorn who offers tales of Mickey Mantle, Ken Burns, Babe Ruth and everyone in between. They also talk about shortened seasons, why it's called the World Series, and John offers his take on baseball books and films

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47:47

Episode 163 - A Cup of Coffee with Jacob Kornhauser

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/03/27

Rob is joined by Jacob Kornhauser, author of 'The Cup of Coffee Club', to talk about those players who only ever got one game in the majors.

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48:53

Episode 162 - Lane Adams, Minnesota Twins

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/03/24

Current Minnesota Twin, and former big leaguer with the Royals and Braves joined John to chat everything from the upheaval to Spring Training caused by COVID19, the fight for better pay for Minor Leaguers and his lousy MLB The Show skills.

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