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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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27:58

Episode 161 - GB Coach Liam Carroll on the WBC that...

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/03/22

Russell chats to GB coach Liam Carroll about their ill fated trip to Arizona for the WBC that never was...

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51:56

Episode 160 - Andy Burns, Toronto Blue Jays

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2020/03/20

Blue Jays infielder Andy Burns chats to John about his time with the club, his career as a 'rock star' with the Lotte Giants of the KBO and spending 2019 up close and personal in Buffalo with the Blue Jays legends of the future.

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49:17

Episode 159 - Darren Fletcher

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2020/03/18

Darren Fletcher, the voice of football on BT Sport and BBC Radio 5Live, joined Russell to chat about calling the MLB London Series for the UK broadcast, his own baseball fandom, and becoming a viral sensation Stateside.

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64:35

Episode 158 - Five Senses, Two Balls

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2020/03/16

Rachel gets Rob, Russell and Darius to conjure up baseball memories that they associate with each of the five senses, from a tangential encounter with Jake Odorizzi to the heckling of Mike Costanzo.

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62:30

Episode 157 - The Big Season Preview Bonanza 2020...

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2020/03/09

Ben is back!Tom, John and Darius are joined by the boy wonder from down under, Ben Carter to go through their now locked in method of predicting the upcoming season. They take the total number of wins available and try to pick out how many games each team will win.Hightlights:John loves the Reds, hates everyone and everything else.Ben loves the Mets, hates the Rockies.Tom loves the Cardinals, hates Eric Hosmer.Darius loves relievers (And Buster a little less than last year) and doesn't like the

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65:55

Episode 156 - Jeff Passan, ESPN

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/03/05

ESPN's own baseball savant Jeff Passan joins John to talk everything from the current state of baseball, to his evolution from reporter to newsbreaker. Includes a trade mark PASSAN BOMB at the end of the pod - but perhaps not one you'll be expecting.Get after it...

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45:23

Episode 155 - Mark Simon, Sports Info Solutions

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/03/03

Mark Simon of Sports Info Solutions joins Russell to discuss the latest edition of the Fielding Bible, the updated Defensive Runs Saved metric, and SABR, plus how Matt Chapman is even better than you thought, and how you can get Mark to write you a poem.

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43:17

Episode 154 - Rick Teasley Returns

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/02/28

Pitcher Rick Teasley returns to the podcast to share stories of his 2019 in the Atlantic League as MLB used them as a testing ground for the new automated strike zone, and his reasons for moving over to Cleburne of the American Association - suffice to say it isn't quite ready for the bigs.We also talk about his time down in Mexico, and the small matter of throwing a perfect game for Somerset. It was quite a year!

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39:03

Episode 153 - MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince

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2020/02/27

MLB.com writer, MLB Network contributor, Morning Lineup Podcast host and author of "A Fan's Guide to Baseball Analytics: Why War, Whip, Woba, and Other Advanced Sabermetrics Are Essential to Understanding Modern Baseball", Anthony Castrovince joins Tom to talk all about his time working for MLB.com, Spring Training, the London Series, Anthony's upcoming book and his podcast.Tom (stupidly) tries to convince Anthony that P.I.S.S. (See episode 146 - Udder Zone Rating) is a worthwhile stat and required

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51:10

Episode 152 - OOTP Baseball's Rich Grisham

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2020/02/25

Tom is joined by Out Of The Park (OOTP) Baseball's Chief Operating Officer, Rich Grisham. They talk about how Rich got into OOTP, how he come to work with them, some of the challenges facing the team, where the game goes from here and how they handle scandals such as the Astros banging scheme.

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70:38

Episode 151 - Autobiographical Baseball

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2020/02/21

New recruit Rachel Steinberg hits the ground running by asking John, Darius and Rob to chart their baseball autobiographies in five players. This is a fun one.

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47:25

Episode 150 - Derrick Goold, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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2020/02/19

Russell talks to Derrick Goold, Cardinals beat writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the team's efforts to become an international brand, Derrick's love of London, and his participation in a world record.

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55:10

Episode 149 - Mason's Murder Mansion Ft. Joe Pisapia

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/02/12

Justin Mason and Joe Pisapia come on the show to educate Tom and Rob on the ways of Fantasy Baseball.During the show they discuss Justin's murder basement he's recording from, Joe wanting to fight dudes bigger than him, oh and they chat a bit about Fantasy Baseball.Joe Pisapia is the author of the excellent Fantasy Baseball Black Book, available here from Amazon -

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53:17

Episode 148 - The Pizza Perspective

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/02/10

Brandon Lee and Alex Crisafulli join Russell and Darius to give the American perspective on the upcoming Cubs-Cardinals series in London, from the players to watch on each team to their outlook on the season, and the all-important issue of St Louis pizza.

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55:01

Episode 147 - Emergency Pod, you Betts-er believe it.

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/02/05

Tom, John, Russell and special guest Joey Bailey from Four Bases combine to run through the blockbuster Mookie Betts trade that took place last night.20 minutes in, Tom's computer shits itself and he's gone from the pod. So stick with it, you won't hear his dull Brummie tones after just one third of an hour.

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Episode 146 - UZR (Udder Zone Rating)

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2020/01/31

Darius and Russell team up to try and educate two simpletons on the advanced statistics within the game of baseball.Will John ever accept stats are good, will Tom manage to wrap his head around the concept of comparing yourself against yourself and will Russell accept the amazing new Pringle Immediate Stars System (P.I.S.S).Find out right now.

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58:44

Episode 145 - Craig Goldstein on the Baseball...

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/01/22

Craig Goldstein, Editor-in-Chief of Baseball Prospectus, joins Tom and Darius to discuss the 2020 BP Annual, from how the team of writers is assembled to the process of editing such a complex book.

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36:38

Episode 144 - Ben's Funeral

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/01/21

Bat Flips and Nerds emergency pod.We don't want to spoil it here, but can the team recover from it?The gang talk Astros managerial replacements, Dustin Pedroia, more exciting news for the UK baseball community and finally...the news no-one wanted.Spoiler alert, John is hosting and DOESN'T swear.Listen now.

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57:18

Episode 143 - Bangers and Trash

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2020/01/17

Tom, Darius and John rush through the latest good news baseball stories before going head first into the Astros bin bashing bonanza.Tom finishes with a quiz that the other two find utterly underwhelming. No one tracks the results, no one will revisit this episode. Still, it filled 5 minutes.

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74:28

Episode 142 - Sean Doolittle & Eireann Dolan

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2020/01/05

What a way to start the year! All Star closer, World Series champ and all round #gooddude Sean Doolittle, and his equally incredible wife Eireann Dolan join John to discuss the plight of Minor Leaguers, MLB London, and a little bit of Fernando Rodney. Get on it!

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