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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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30:43

Episode 18 - While John is away...

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2017/03/07

BASEBALL IS BACK! Tom is incredibly excited, Darius less so, but seeing as Tom is hosting the chaps talk Spring Training. The WORLD baseball classic and it's lack of coverage available in the UK is laughed at. Tim Tebow (obviously) gets a mentionAnd finally we look at some of the funny tweets in the past 7 days, with the potential prize giving potentially coming...potentially.Twitter: www.twitter.com/batflips_nerdsFacebook: www.facebook.com/batflipsandnerds

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19:41

Season Preview - Los Angeles Angels

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2017/03/05

Joe Hulbert (@HulbertJoe) joins Ben Carter (@UkBaseballBlog) to talk all about the Los Angeles Angels. They discuss the back end of the rotation, why Mariners fans should be cautious of Jerry Dipoto and the quick fire questions to finish. Which category will Mike Trout fit into?

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21:31

Season Preview - Tampa Bay Rays

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2017/03/04

Rob Noverraz (@RobNoverraz) joins Tom to talk all about the Tampa Bay Rays, the fragility of their team every year and who broke David Price (This was before we all found out he was fixed). The pod finishes with another round-up of silly questions where the stakes for "Who stays at home?" continues to shift!

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34:20

Episode 17 - Cricket vs Baseball

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2017/03/03

New Zealand Test cricketer Daryl Tuffey joins John to discuss the crossover between his sport and baseball, how fantasy baseball brought together the NZ squad in the mid 2000s, his love of the Minnesota Twins and his enduring rivalry with 'arch nemesis' Scott Sytris.

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25:19

Season Preview - Milwaukee Brewers

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2017/03/01

Craig Hurring (@CraigHurring) joins Tom to talk all about the Milwaukee Brewers. They get all poetic and sentimental about this sport we all love, before deciding that Ryan Braun should stay at home, unless he's playing.

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29:53

Season Preview - San Francisco Giants

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2017/03/01

Jasmine Baba (@__baba) joins Tom to talk all about the San Francisco Giants, their 2016 fragile bullpen and lack of hitting, then they soon shift onto 2017 and who has the smoothest face in the lineup. This is the sort of content Giants fans want.

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23:15

Season Preview - Washington Nationals

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2017/02/27

Mike Witcombe (@MikeWitcombe) joins Tom to talk all about the "playoff curse" Washington Nationals. Mike has hopes for 2017, but not much beyond the year. All this hope is on the rotation staying healthy and Jayson Werth keeping garlic chilli mayo out of his beard.

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39:41

Season Preview - New York Yankees

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2017/02/26

Mark Blakemore joins Tom to talk about Tom's least favourite subject, the New York Yankees. The conversation shifts quickly from what happened last year to what will happen this year, then finally onto the mighty team the Yankees could have in 2018.

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45:25

Episode 16 - Chris Berset Interview

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2017/02/25

John is joined by Great Britain, and former Cincinnati Reds AAA, catcher Chris Berset to discuss his career with the GB squad, holidays with the grandparents in London and the craft and psychology that goes into being the busiest man on the field.

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40:01

Season Preview - San Diego Padres

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2017/02/23

Alex Hoad of Kent Online joins Tom to talk all about the San Diego Padres. But before the chaps get down to that, Alex reveals he once competed in the NFL combine, then proceeds to make a wild AND bold prediction about Jered Weaver. Don't miss this one!

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21:20

Season Preview - Seattle Mariners

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2017/02/22

On the second episode of the season previews, Tom is joined by BFBS DJ Hal Stewart to talk all about the Seattle Mariners. He begins by admitting he should have never chosen them and finishes by saying he hasn't seen the Adam Lind fart. In between there is some chat about last season and this upcoming season.

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19:42

Season Preview - Philadelphia Phillies

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2017/02/21

Kicking off our series of season preview pods, Tom is joined by Hampshire based Phillies fan Dave Shaw. They talk the team's hopes for 2017, and round off with some very UK specific looks at the roster.

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34:50

Episode 15 - A Loria, Loria Laughs

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2017/02/19

Ben Carter and Darius Austin join to preview pre-season, picking out our sleeper teams, players and fantasy picks for the 2017 MLB season. Meanwhile, John goes off the long run-up at Jeffrey Loria...

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61:11

Episode 14 - Dave Kaufman Joins to Talk Expos

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2017/02/02

London newbie and Expos Nation stalwart joins John to talk about his beloved team, growing baseball in the UK, the role of the Blue Jays in Canadian sport and what it felt like to be present for THAT bat flip.

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44:48

Episode 13 - Jenny Fromer, Baseball Softball UK

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2017/01/23

Jenny Fromer, joint-CEO of national development agency Baseball Softball UK, joins John to discuss their plans to grow the game UK wide, develop elite talent and how the mooted MLB London series might help boost the Great Britain baseball squad's Olympic dreams.

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53:36

Episode 12 - Chubby Funster Bartolo Colon

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2017/01/06

Tom hosts as John and Ben duke it out over how MLB needs to pitch its much discussed London series. The team also introduce the Bartolo Colon Game.

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49:35

Episode 11 - Simon Crosse Joins the Show

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2016/11/20

Simon Crosse, Blue Jays fanatic and sports producer for BBC, Channel 4 and BT Sport joins John to discuss the offseason in Toronto and the state of baseball broadcasting in the UK.

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47:55

Episode 10 - Jason Holowaty, MLB Europe

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2016/11/03

John and Tom chat to MLB's Director of Market Development for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Jason Holowaty on his journey to the UK, how MLB found and developed Max Kepler and the next steps for the game in the UK.

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50:28

Episode 9 - It's Not All About the World Series (Some...

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2016/10/25

Tom takes the host's chair as he and John discuss a few potentially quirky World Series stories before nailing their colours to the mast and predicting a particularly big series for a very big man - Joe West.They then turn to the issue of domestic violence, attempting to work through the thorns of risk, PR, rehab and censure to work out the tipping point for offending sportsmen. The answer? It's complicated.

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52:17

Episode 8 - ESPN's Thomas Neumann and Pennywise the...

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2016/10/05

Thomas Neumann of ESPN International joins John and Tom to discuss the GB Baseball squad's WBC heroics. Things then go rapidly downhill as Ben Carter joins John and Tom to mock Tim Tebow (again) before the stakes are upped - World Series predictions, and our own adopted players? It could all come back to haunt us.

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