Rachel Steinberg

A history of fugitive hamsters (or, getting through the indefinite off-season)

March 31, 2020 Rachel Steinberg Baseball, Learning to Baseball

Here at Bat Flips and Nerds we sometimes get people who want to contribute but don’t know what to write. We often say to them, “Why not write about what got you into baseball?” I have never written one of

A little love letter to you

June 26, 2019 Rachel Steinberg Baseball, London Series, Pinch Hitting

Dear British baseball community, Canadians are weird. We spell “ise” words with a “z” but call the letter a “zed”. The Queen is on all of our money, but Americans are on most of our favourite television shows. Being a

Sock feet and runaway sheep: a retrospective of weird delays

June 13, 2019 Rachel Steinberg Baseball

Recently, this image went viral: These are the feet of Cleveland Indians pitcher Oliver Pérez. No, it wasn’t Shoeless Joe Tribute Night at Fenway. As it turns out, Pérez broke a cleat. This resulted in a delay of game, during