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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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67:37

Episode 331 - Team Free Agency Draft

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2023/11/30

The team are back to draft the teams which they think will be most active in the free agency market.Russell, Darius and Rob are drafting which teams sign the most of the top 50 FA created by MLB Trade Rumours. Any guesses on who was picked last?

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47:12

Episode 330 - Eight Down, Four Still Standing

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2023/10/14

The pod that predicts as well as Acuna hits in the postseason is back to.They start with a brief discusion on Mintzgate/Atta-Boy! before moving onto to discuss the Divsion Series results, with discussions of what has been good and bad for the four teams making the CS.

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53:08

Episode 329 - The Lance Lynn Lynch-pin

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2023/10/07

After the truly phenominal predictive performance in the Wild Card Series going 0-4 the crew is back to discuss the games themselves and prognosticate over the Divisional Series.Russell replaces Ben with Rob this week and they use the most independant third person vote if they diasgree.At they end they find time to talk about the most important part of the postseason so far. MLB TV showing American adverts instead of the usual interstials clips of play and the hall of fame.

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62:23

Episode 328 - Wild Thoughts About The Postseason Card

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2023/10/03

The postseason is upon us and so, Ben and Russell continue the yearly tradition of chosing which teams will advance in the postseason. This time they manged to choose teams which aren't ranked higher in the seeding and have some bold choices.Listen to see when and why they are interupted by Siri and who wins the voice assistant race to flip a coin. Also, Russell tries create a nickname for a new MLB player.

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91:45

Episode 327 - The Future is Bright

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2023/09/26

Darius is joined by Russell as they go through some of the reason to be positive for the teams which have been eliminated. They go through listener provided highlights as well a provide a few of their own in the episode of mostly positive vibes.

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85:42

Episode 326 - Postseason Pontifications

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2023/09/15

Russell is joined by Rob and Darius to discuss the playoff races and make predictions on who they think will make it. They then do a quick roundup of the end of season awards nominating their players, whilst doing this they opine on if Adam Wainright will win his 200th game.

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48:04

Episode 325 - Gunnar Henderson Doesn't Stop

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2023/08/23

Darius and Rob catch up on the latest in MLB, from Wander Franco's suspension to Tommy Pham's altercation. They question, once again, what exactly it is the Angels are doing, discuss the chances of the streaking Mariners, consider the state of the playoff races, and make people mad about the cycle.

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46:47

Episode 324 - Ohtani Freaky Friday (ft. Cespedes...

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2023/08/04

John and Russell are joined by Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman aka Cespedes Family BBQ to take on the biggest topics currently on baseball minds.Namely - which GMs entered this week's trade deadline on what drugs, and could you fake it if you body swapped with Ohtani?They also muse on how the addition of watermelons could make baseball a five-day event.You can find Jake & Jordan's 'day job' pod, the brilliant Bar-B-Cast over at Sirius XM and on all good podcatchers.

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76:29

Episode 323 - Can We Clone Cody?

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2023/07/27

John is joined by Russell and Darius to talk about the upcoming trade deadline. To do this they do the Hokey Cokey, who's in, who's out and who's shaking it all about.They discuss the needs for some of the playoff race teams, suggesting who they should target and who they might actually go for.

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56:00

Episode 322 - 2023 Draft and Prospect Chat with Kyle...

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2023/07/20

Russell is joined by Kyle Glaser, senior writer for Baseball America. They talk through the ins and outs of the 2023 draft, how the WBC impacted prospects, what the impact of constent rule changes in the minor on player dev and how the minor league players union should improve certain players performance.

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110:09

Episode 321 - First Half Grades

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2023/07/14

Russell, Rob and Darius go through the first half of the MLB season and give grades for each team. One for their performance so far and one for that performance against expectations. With grades ranging from S to F and an expulsion, do you agree with our thoughts on the season so far?

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5:28

Episode 320 - Release the London Series Tapes!

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2023/06/27

A last little London Series treat in the form of quick chats with MLB Europe ambassador and Phillies legend Chase Utley, Cardinals manager and star pitcher Oli Marmol and Jack Flaherty, and Cubs outfielder Mike Tauchman.

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7:53

Episode 319 - The London Series Was Good, Man

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2023/06/25

John, Tom and Darius recap a Cardinals victory over the Cubs, their highlights of the weekend and, most importantly, the presence of actual John Goodman.

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11:06

Episode 318 - Blue Steele in London

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2023/06/24

Tom, John and Darius provide instant reaction to Justin Steele dominating the Cards in London and Adam Wainwright getting lit up by Ian Happ.

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13:20

Episode 317 - This London Series Episode is Brought...

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2023/06/24

John, Tom and Darius convene from the London Stadium to recap the wild events of workout day and HRDX from the London Series, featuring encounters with Adam Wainwright, Jonny Gomes, and Toby Bellringer, before looking ahead to the imminent games.

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48:16

Episode 316 - The Only 2023 London Series Preview You...

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2023/06/21

John, Darius and Ben team up to rather excitedly preview the return of Major League Baseball across the pond!We talk weather, Trafalgar Square, workout day, pitching matchups, players to watch, donut burgers, mung beans and more.Want to meet us for a beer? Send us a message on Twitter or Instagram, or meet us at Crate Brewery in Hackney Wick after the Sunday game for some joyous celebration of that silly game we call baseball.

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64:19

Episode 315 - Hot Starts, Cold Starts and The...

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2023/06/16

John, Rob and Ben join forces to look at some of the overperforming (Orioles, Rangers, Diamondbacks) and underperforming (Mets, Cardinals, Royals) teams so far this season and whether their surprise starts are legit.They then discuss the A's reverse boycott and impending move to Las Vegas, the staff departures at The Athletic and the unsavoury nature of some Pride Month comments within baseball.London Series preview pod to come next week - stay tuned!

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21:33

MLB World Tour London Series 23 - Chris Knoblock

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2023/05/31

Tom is joined by Baseball Softball UK PR/Broadcaster and unstoppable force, Chris Knoblock to talk all things BSUK, London Series 2019 legacy programs, the upcoming 2023 legacy programs and the meetups open to all right here in the UK.

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92:47

Episode 314 - Eject the Ejections?

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2023/05/19

The crew are back to discuss the news that the BBC are showing a game this week. The London Series is right around the corner so they contemplate the bizarre goings-on in St Louis and the state of the Cubs.They briefly talk about the A's before Russell gets on his soap box and calls into question the purpose and existence of the ejection.Finally, they go through 2 Good 2 Bad.

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61:39

Episode 313 - Oakland No More and Early Overreactions

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2023/04/22

John, Rob and Ben talk about two of the biggest stories of the week: the Oakland A's long-awaited announcement of their departure for Las Vegas and Madison Bumgarner's release from the Diamondbacks.They then dive into some early season overreactions and two good, two bad to finish up, featuring Liam Hendriks, Max Scherzer and... Tom Pringle?!

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