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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

81:18

Episode 141 - Ch-ch-ch-chang(ing baseball)

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2019/11/28

Darius and Tom discuss the suggestions the Twitter public made in how they would like to see baseball change.They discuss Minor Leaguers pay, divisional realignment, changing the all-star game and how often is too often for a hitter to adjust their gloves.Tom also goes full John McGee, with a sweary rant.

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64:06

Episode 140 - A Trash Can of Tea

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2019/11/21

Tom, John and Darius discuss the really important news: which teas they like and Gerardo Parra moving to Japan. Oh, and there's the sign-stealing scandal, the drastic culling of minor league teams, a Premier 12 recap, the release of London Series tickets, and much more.

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67:00

Episode 139 - Premier 12 Preview

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2019/11/03

John is joined by three special guests to preview baseball's 'World Cup', the Premier 12, which is taking place right now! Japanese and Taiwanese baseball experts Kaz Yamazaki and Rob Liu give an insight into two of the highly fancied teams after P12 commentator and Minor League baseball guru Tyler Maun intros both the tournament and the firecracker USA squad.All P12 games are available to watch for free on YouTube. What are you waiting for?

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64:50

Episode 138 - World Series Preview

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2019/10/22

What!? ANOTHER World Series Preview being released on the night of the World Series? That's right, but this one is different because it features five British blokes all talking about baseball!Seth Bennett of BBC World joins Tom to talk all about the Stephanie Apstein article in SI and give some live updates from Houston. Then Tom calls in stalwart of the podcast, Darius Austin, alongside regular contributor Blake Finney and Astros super fan George Martin to discuss the chances either team has

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56:13

Episode 137 - Volvos of Baseball

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2019/10/16

Tom returns! He's joined by the ever present Darius Austin and the young spunk, Ben Carter. Tom immediately takes them off track by discussing a twitter storm from the past 24-hours, then the latest mobile games available for Android, before finally switching to baseball.The guys talk about the postseason situation, World Series hopes, World Series predictions, before finally finishing with some listener questions. Who is your Volvo of baseball?

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58:47

Episode 136 - Pringledamus Unjuiced

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2019/10/11

Ben, John and Darius discuss the unjuiced playoff baseball and then break down all the Divisional Series action. They also hope that Tom's predictions don't come true, figure out which Yankees John doesn't hate, and try to decide which team to back the rest of the way.

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55:32

Episode 135 - The Playoff Preview with Garlick and Leake

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2019/10/01

John, Ben and Darius break down the playoff bracket, make some ill-advised predictions, and figure out if Kyle Garlick and Mike Leake have ever faced each other.

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39:44

Episode 134 - GB Baseball's Liam Carroll on the...

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2019/09/28

John is joined by GB Baseball's indefatigable coach Liam Carroll to discuss the national team's recent run at the European Baseball Championships. In Liam's own words 'a rather different 9th place than last time', as the side beat a Czech club who came in 3rd overall and were a couple of well timed hits away from beating two of the top ranked sides in Germany and eventual Olympic qualifiers Israel. They also look back to MLB London and forward to next year for the national team.

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82:53

Episode 133 - Joe's a Maddon, But Ned's Madder than Yost

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2019/09/25

John and Darius look forward to the playoffs and digest the Ned Yost news. Mike Ivory of UK Cubs and Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic Boston drop in to offer hot takes on the Maddon and Dombrowski situations.

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54:58

Episode 132 - Fill Me With Your Stats

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2019/09/05

Tom and John are back! John isn't hosting, which means it's going to be...stupid.Darius and Ben try to bring some balance into the madness, but unfortunately they get wrapped into Tom's game of "League 2 footballer or September call-up bullpen piece" game.Darius asks us what we're still excited about.Tom learns what a Funko Pop is.John gets sweary (surprise surprise).Ben learns who Bob Carolgees is.Actually, if you've read this, don't bother listneing.

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53:55

Episode 131 - Just A Little Angry Man

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2019/08/29

Robyn Davidson joins Ben, Russell and Darius to talk doping in baseball, covering cycling, the impossibly resilient Yankees and the playoff races, and they all try to figure out if there is anything nice to say about the Players Weekend jerseys.

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50:50

Episode 130 - Pete Alonso, Rookie of the Year

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2019/08/15

Tracey Wilks of UKMetsOnline joins Ben and Darius to talk all things Mets, from their recent hot streak and playoff chances to Pete Alonso's Rookie of the Year candidacy, the masterful Jeff McNeil, and whether Brodie Van Wagenen is a genius or a lunatic (it's both).

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30:54

Episode 129 - Jorge Cantu Joins the Show

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2019/08/03

Mexican Baseball legend Jorge Cantu, former slugger with the Rays, Marlins and Reds joins us to talk about his MLB career, the World Baseball Classic, and offers some great tales from the clubhouse.

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82:12

Episode 128 - Trade Deadline Live

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2019/08/01

Tom, Russell and Darius react live to all the trade deadline moves, from a rather underwhelming first hour to a wild 20 minutes after the deadline when they find out the Astros have acquired Zack Greinke, among many more deals.

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42:26

Episode 127 - Tyler Kepner on 'K'

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2019/07/22

The New York Times' Tyler Kepner joins John to discuss his brilliant recent book 'K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches' following a weekend in which three of its major characters headed to Cooperstown. They also stopped by Tyler's old beats to check-in on the 2019 Yankees and Mets.

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59:41

Episode 126 - Cricket and All-Stars with Hannah Keyser

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2019/07/14

Hannah Keyser of Yahoo Sports joins Darius to discuss her Deadspin documentary 'The Cricket Kings of Queens' about a New York high school's cricket team, her trip to the All-Star Game in Cleveland, fixing baseball's attendance and image problems, and her weekly show The Bandwagon.

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59:41

Episode 125 - Ben Lindbergh on The MVP Machine

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2019/07/11

The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh joins Tom and Darius to talk about his new book, The MVP Machine, plus Effectively Wild approaching its seventh anniversary, and how he consumes baseball.

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38:42

Episode 124 - Wrapping London Series 2019 with Coley...

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2019/07/09

ESPN's Coley Harvey and Jason Mastrodonato of the Boston Herald join John to unpack the Yakke and Red Sox reactions to that landmark weekend in London.

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57:25

Episode 123 - The Hangover - London Series Edition

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2019/07/04

Your four pals are back (plus extra special appearance from Stand-In Blake) to wrap up the best weekend of our collective lives. Totes emosh.

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22:30

Episode 122 - London Series Day One Review with Marly...

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2019/06/30

Marly Rivera joins the boys to round up the wildest day of baseball we've ever seen...

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