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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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16:22

Episode 121 - LIVE FROM LONDON STADIUM

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2019/06/29

The whole band is back together, and we're only in the bloody PRESS BOX!

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17:13

Episode 120 - LIVE FROM LONDON

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2019/06/28

John and Tom start the hype...

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44:35

Episode 119 - Beginner's Guide to the MLB London Series

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2019/06/23

Tom and John preview next week's series, focussing on introducing the two teams and their players to those experiencing baseball for the first time. They also give their series predictions and tackle a few over/unders.

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50:34

Episode 118 - Top Hatchos

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2019/06/18

Mike Ivory joins John and Darius to talk about the Cubs and Cardinals coming to London in 2020, what they're all looking forward to at next week's London Series, and the Kimbrel and Keuchel signings, plus much more.

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45:09

Episode 105 - AJ Cassavell and Jesse Agler, Live from...

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2019/02/17

Tom is at the San Diego Padres Spring Training facility in Peoria, Arizona. He is joined by AJ Cassavell to talk about the Padres Spring Training plans, their outlook going into 2019 and how AJ's thoughts about writing for MLB.com as a beat writer. Next up he is joined by Padres radio broadcast Jesse Agler, where they discuss Tom's true love Don Orsillo, once again Padres baseball and how Jesse deals with being on the road away from his wife and young child. Check out AJ on twitter @AJCassavell and

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45:59

Episode 100 - The B&N Christmas Party

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2018/12/18

Christmas is here! John is joined by Tom 'Jingle', Darius and Ben for a live Christmas special, complete with mince pies, mulled wine, silly jumpers and secret santa.They go over listeners Christmas wish lists, deciding whether santa will be naughty or nice, and conduct some live present unwrapping that reveals some truly extraordinary eBay finds - although one poor member of the team is left giftless. There's always 2019...

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42:50

Episode 99 - Mike Petriello Joins the Show

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2018/12/10

MLB.com's Mike Petriello is the special guest this week, joining Russell and Darius to talk about Statcast, from what to look for when using the data to what might be coming in the future. They also discuss Mike's experience with bringing Statcast to a TV broadcast, the impact of advanced stats on Hall of Fame voting, and his discovery of the UK's baseball fan community.

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54:39

Episode 98 - MLB London Belongs To Me?

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2018/11/30

John and Darius are joined by MLB Community's Dave Shaw to discuss MLB London's ticket prices and taking a positive from a negative through fan owned events, plus some hot stove chat and listener Qs.Episode title c/o Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs.

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76:30

Episode 97 - The (World Series) Ring

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2018/11/02

The season is over and the Red Sox are champions. Tom, Ben, and Darius discuss the World Series, including how we were still wrong about Boston even though they won, and whether Alex Cora and his gut reactions really beat the analytical moves of Dave Roberts. They then kickstart the offseason by breaking down the free agency cases of Manny Machado and Bryce Harper, before Tom makes Darius and Ben decide whether they would sign any of the oldest free agents in an ill-conceived game. Listener

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59:51

Episode 96 - The Adventures of Baseball Brit

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2018/10/22

John talks to Joey Mellows aka 'Baseball Brit' about his 75 game baseball adventure. Joey shares his favourite spots, meetings and experiences of the trip, a few scrapes and wild stories and tips for planning your own baseball pilgrimage.Strap in, this is quite a ride!

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54:34

Episode 95 - The Evil Wizard of Legal Positivism

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2018/10/18

John begins the show going crazy about the Jose Altuve "home run" reactions, whilst trying to stay calm.Tom then tries to bring John down by making reference to his now famous "passed ball" line.Darius laughs at both of them whilst they go back and forth all about the Red Sox and how they have surprised most this series.The team then move onto the Brewers and their secret plan to use Wade Miley for one hitter, before bringing in Brandon Woodruff. Except it may be that everyone knew the plan before

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49:37

Episode 94 - Championship Series Roundtable

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2018/10/11

Four teams are still in with a chance to win the World Series. Darius talks to representatives of all four, starting with Leon Boyne (Dodgers) and Charlie Batho (Brewers) ahead of the NLDS, before bringing on George Martin (Astros) and some guy called Tom Pringle (Red Sox). They discuss the Divisional Series results, the most nervous and confident moments, the prospects for the Championship Series, and predict each team's unlikely hero.

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65:25

Episode 93 - Playoff Prediction Pod

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2018/10/02

It's playoff season, and that means it's time for some more ill-advised predictions from the gang. Russell, Ben, and Darius go through the entire playoff bracket and put together the official Bat Flips and Nerds predictions, with some pre-recorded input from Tom and John. Will Rocktober last more than three hours? Can the Brewers overcome their thin rotation? Is anyone good enough to beat the Red Sox? Will Aaron Boone use himself to pinch-hit? It's all here, and much more...

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Episode 92 - Rays Up for Rocktober

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2018/09/28

The Rays have had such an unusual season that we enlist specialist help to discuss them, in the form of regular Rays expert Rob Noverraz. Rob, Ben, and Darius discuss the experience and effectiveness of the opener, if the fanbase is on board with the strategy, and whether trading star players has actually helped them. There is a check in on Ben's health after a remarkable week which has put his Rockies atop the NL West again, and receive an extremely vehement response on the topic of whether they

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68:55

Episode 91 - NL West Round(ish)table

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2018/09/19

Tom and Darius talk their way through the race for the NL West and the NL Wildcard.Tom waxes lyrical about the Padres future, Darius has little gloom for the Giants future, then the guys work together through the rest of the NL West.Tom once again makes a stupid bet, offends the Astros fanbase and laughs at his own idiocy.Darius refuses to offend fanbases and continues to convince Tom into his way of thinking (Kershaw).

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67:29

Episode 90 - Ben's DMs Are Open

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2018/09/13

With the announcement of David Wright's impending retirement, John quizzes Ben and Darius about Wright's career and whether the Mets third baseman will end up in the Hall of Fame. They debate the likely Rookie of the Year, Cy Young, and MVP winners, allowing John to make his Shohei Ohtani case for RoY. Questions follow on the worst deadline trade, where the Nationals will go from here, the most depressing team to follow next season, which unique team rules they'd impose, and much more.

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68:47

Episode 89 - Stat Tips From Nerds

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2018/08/27

Russell Eassom and Darius give the listeners (well, at least two of them, anyway) what they want with an exclusively stat-focused listener question show. Questions answered range from 'what is a good batting average?' to 'FanGraphs or Baseball Reference WAR?', with a whole lot more on their favourite stats, the limitations of defensive metrics, combining the human and analytical side of the game, and what stats they would like to see on a broadcast.Sabermetric Starter Cards:

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46:38

Episode 88 - Johnny Hates Yaz

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2018/08/24

John and Darius discuss the storming Oakland As, the end of the affair in Washington and the latest on MLB London. John also finds time for another rant, this one focussed on Red Sox all-timer and awful human, Carl Yastrzemski.

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Episode 87 - I Predict A Rant

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2018/08/15

The guys revisit their pre-season predictions to find only one of them knows anything about baseball. Unfortunately, it's the one who did a live bat flip during the podcast...They also ponder precisely who David Bote was apologising to, with a side order of 19th Century French literature. Just another normal podcast.

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45:07

Episode 86 - San Diego Padres pitcher Phil Hughes

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2018/08/08

Our very first active Major Leaguer, Phil Hughes, joins Tom just before he "ships out" to Miller Park to face the Brewers and attempt to take the series.They talk about Phil's favourite team growing up, his World Series championship in 2009, what he learned from Rivera, how the K/BB record affected his game, his very active twitter profile and if his name is the least baseball name in baseball. They finish off by exploring some excellent listener questions.You can follow Phil's very active twitter

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